Backdraft : Shower scene

Shower scene

Something struck me as odd. In the first half hour of the movie McCaffrey and Krizminski are in the shower and no one else is in there yet they take the two showers right next to each other. That breaks a bro-code.

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That does not break any code. They took the two showers next to each other so they could chat. I have play many sports in high and college and it is not uncommon to grab the shower next to someone and shoot the sh*t. Choosing purposely to not shower next to someone would mean an insecurity. Being fireman, and as close as they were, this does not seem odd at all.

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Funniest thing I've read all day.

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They took the two showers next to each other so they could chat.


Chat?!!! Real men don't chat. They talk. They debate. They argue. They even converse. But real men do not "chat".


...and Machete don't text.




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I agree (except for the chat part, but thats already been discussed). Its a pain in the ass to yell across a room with running water so you either take a shower stall next to/ across/ or adjacent to someone else so talking is easier than yelling. A time when this is not ok is when its a random person you don't want to talk to or don't know that takes one of those; that person should be a minimum of 2 stalls over.

So, drinking beer makes you an alcoholic, drinking wine is ok?

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I agree with mvostrich05 but the real question is why, oh why, didn't they put Kurt in that scene?

Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle.

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Yeah I think all the ladies and gay men would have wanted the three of them bonding in the shower

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I agree- a direct violation of the bro-code. Urinals, stalls, shower-heads, bar stools.... Whenever possible there should always be a separation.


To NOT do so is akin to being in the front seat of the truck with just the driver- and sitting in the middle.




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Absolutely way too close.

They should have separated by a few stalls and saved the "chat" for after. Who the hell needs to carry on a conversation with another dude, about another dude, while showering?

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Men always stand too close in movies when doing stuff like this, especially when urinating outside. Mostly it is to stay in the same shot.

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Being in the same screen shot be damned. I was okay before I inadvertently showered right next to someone. Big mistake. Now my masculinity is totally in question.

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The guy who ran for mayor was saving a lot of money in the fire departments. They only had 2 working showers at that point. Or maybe all the other guys had just left the showers in the last few seconds and the 2 guys left didn't have time to switch showers.
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