# Scenes that are too awkward to watch **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 9, 2013, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191 "2013-04-09T00:28:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![sachertorte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sachertorte/32/3727_2.png) [@sachertorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sachertorte)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/61 "2013-04-10T16:36:12Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > I have issues with this myself. I think it’s becoming more common in American TV & mainstream movies, which doesn’t do man a bit of good. I just CRINGE, and don’t enjoy it at all. It’s humor at someone’s expense, and I guess I just empathize too much. If they’re gonna do that, at least make the person a nasty hateful kitten-kicker or something. Yes. Me too! It is very hard for me to enjoy modern comedies. ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/62 "2013-04-10T16:49:02Z")
In **Couples Retreat** \*, the scene where Vince Vaughn’s character is getting a massage and he gets “excited”, and the masseuse is apologizing for VV’s “excitement”, and VV is suggesting that she could go ahead and finish the job. We walked out of the theater so I don’t know how it ended. \*Yeah, it was the GF’s turn to choose the movie. Really. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/63 "2013-04-10T16:54:34Z")
> [@leahcim](#): > > In **Couples Retreat** \*, the scene where Vince Vaughn’s character is getting a massage and he gets “excited”, and the masseuse is apologizing for VV’s “excitement”, and VV is suggesting that she could go ahead and finish the job. We walked out of the theater so I don’t know how it ended. > > \*Yeah, it was the GF’s turn to choose the movie. Really. happily? ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/64 "2013-04-10T16:58:24Z")
The episode of The Office where Michael has to face the high school seniors he’d told years before that he’d send to college and tell them that, no, he can’t actually send them to college. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/65 "2013-04-10T17:13:09Z")
> [@SmellMyWort](#): > > The episode of The Office where Michael has to face the high school seniors he’d told years before that he’d send to college and tell them that, no, he can’t actually send them to college. That was so horrible i cringed just reading it. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/66 "2013-04-10T17:44:34Z")
> [@leahcim](#): > > In **Couples Retreat** \*, the scene where Vince Vaughn’s character is getting a massage and he gets “excited”, and the masseuse is apologizing for VV’s “excitement”, and VV is suggesting that she could go ahead and finish the job. We walked out of the theater so I don’t know how it ended. > > \*Yeah, it was the GF’s turn to choose the movie. Really. It was Jon Favreau’s character…but yes, awkward (yeah, I saw it). ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/67 "2013-04-10T18:02:37Z")
The only Seinfeld episode I don’t really like has a few scenes that I just can’t watch. Its the one where George quits, then comes back to work as if nothing happens, then gets fired, and tries to get Elaine to distract his boss so he can slip him a “mickey”. I cannot watch any of the scenes with George and his boss, for some reason. Its just always made me uncomfortable ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/68 "2013-04-10T18:13:58Z")
**Yog** -Is it the boss who attempted suicide IRL? BTW, that scene happened to Larry at SNL IIRC (Jason Alexander didn’t believe something like that could happen, and Larry told him,“It happened to _me_.”) ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/69 "2013-04-10T18:43:40Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > **Yog** -Is it the boss who attempted suicide IRL? BTW, that scene happened to Larry at SNL IIRC (Jason Alexander didn’t believe something like that could happen, and Larry told him,“It happened to _me_.”) Not that boss, that was Kruger (“K-Uger!”). It was an early season, probably 1 or 2, and the guy was a chubby guy. Yes, I do know that it was a real story. I could not have done that, I rather be jobless and homeless on the street than go through that, which ironically is what George said about breaking up with Susan one time (“I’d rather be miserable for the rest of my life than go through that!”) I think my aversion to this is that I hate the dressing down that George gets from his boss, he’s basically being made to feel like shit, he doesn’t have a witty quip to come back with, this isn’t a “well the ocean called, they’re running out of you!” scenario. George just stands there and gets told to fuck off and he just silently leaves. Its the only Seinfeld episode where I refuse to watch Its funny, there’s another scene similar to this later on in the series, the one where George wears a stained chocolate sweater to a pregnant women’s baby shower in order to yell at her. Jerry gets yelled at by some girl who he dumped and never called, and George almost tells off the pregnant lady. That didn’t bother me as much because the girl yelling at Jerry was so over-the-top. But its not one of my favorite episode because of that reason ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/70 "2013-04-10T19:38:59Z")
**Yog** -Kinda figured you knew the LD story (went through trouble of typing it, didn’t want to erase) :o ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/71 "2013-04-10T19:40:46Z")
When I see that episode of _Criminal Minds_ with the neck snapper will be on, I consciously avoid watching it. That method of death squicks me out! ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_Tightlips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@Joey\_Tightlips](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_Tightlips)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/72 "2013-04-10T19:57:37Z")
Not a “scene” per se, but anyone remember Brent Musberger interviewing MC Hammer during a live half-time break of a game? I don’t remember the particulars, but I rembering Brent calling him Emcee as if that were his first name, coupled with phony “jive” mannerisms. I still cringe at the thought. Makes the whole letcherous-girlfriend-comments scandal seem classy by comparison. Come to think of it, just about all live sports interviews are awkward. That and anyone singing to win someone’s affection. Ugh. Has that EVER worked?? ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/73 "2013-04-10T20:11:22Z")
Almost any scene from [Towelhead.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towelhead_(film)) ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/74 "2013-04-10T20:15:28Z")
> [@SmellMyWort](#): > > The episode of The Office where Michael has to face the high school seniors he’d told years before that he’d send to college and tell them that, no, he can’t actually send them to college. “Scott’s Tots”. Oh yeah, that one was really painful. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/75 "2013-04-10T20:19:42Z")
> [@Joey\_Tightlips](#): > > Come to think of it, all live sports interviews are awkward. You just reminded me of the infamous [Joe Namath](http://youtu.be/HQqIQyT-RuM) one. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/76 "2013-04-10T20:21:15Z")
**Trainspotting**. If you’ve seen the movie, you probably already know where I’m going with this: Spud’s ‘dirty laundry’ literally getting ‘aired’ at the breakfast table. I can handle Renton’s detox hallucinations, Tommy’s missing video scene, and even the discovery of baby Dawn. But that scene is so awkward and horrible I almost can’t enjoy the “evening before” montage that leads up to it. And **Very Bad Things**. The whole movie. It’s brilliant but once the hooker dies the cascade of one damned thing after another really stresses me out. Couldn’t watch it in one sitting, in fact. I blame/credit Christian Slater’s performance as much as the story writer. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/77 "2013-04-10T20:25:25Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > You just reminded me of the infamous [Joe Namath](http://youtu.be/HQqIQyT-RuM) one. Oh yes, sports interviews. God, I cannot watch those. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/78 "2013-04-10T22:03:11Z")
> [@The Great Sun Jester](#): > > **Very Bad Things**. The whole movie. It’s brilliant but once the hooker dies the cascade of one damned thing after another really stresses me out. Couldn’t watch it in one sitting, in fact. I blame/credit Christian Slater’s performance as much as the story writer. Seconded. That scene in the lawyer’s office is straight-up brutal. Speaking of black comedy, [this sketch](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKRBYGhqI8Y) from _Big Train_ deserves a mention… ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/79 "2013-04-10T22:09:41Z")
Pretty much every scene from **Bridesmaids** , although some much more so than others. ---
**Author:** ![MarcusF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/67e7ee/32.png) [@MarcusF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarcusF)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/80 "2013-04-10T22:21:42Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Pretty much every scene from **Bridesmaids** , although some much more so than others. This. After rave reviews I couldn’t watch more than the first 10 minutes… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191.md?page=5)