# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/101 "2013-04-13T20:45:05Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Pretty much every scene from **Bridesmaids** , although some much more so than others. The scenes that featured Kristen Wiig were the worst - so of course, that’s most of the movie. I don’t like The Office, Community, or Parks & Recreation. I quite P&R after the first episode, then later read I should have stuck it out as it got better. Started to watch the first episode of season 2, and didn’t make it halfway through, which is a shame as I like Amy Poehler. These are show that are considered to be among the best comedies on TV, and I can’t enjoy them. It kinda pisses me off. I’d like more shows to enjoy. I love Raising Hope. Greg Garcia has a way of taking the most ridiculous characters and situations and drawing humor out of them while (mostly) avoiding the cringe factor. He LIKES the characters, and his characters care about each other - they’re not just there to abuse for uncomfortable laughs. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/102 "2013-04-13T21:23:24Z")
Lots of “Last Tango in Paris.” ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/103 "2013-04-13T21:42:27Z")
France’s McDormand’s interview with William H. Macy in _Fargo_. She catches him a lie with every sentence and he just can’t adapt fast enough to weasel out of it. By the time we get to “He’s fleeing the interview! He’s fleeing the interview!” my stomach actually hurts. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/104 "2013-04-13T21:50:53Z")
Most of the scenes with Bob Ford as portrayed by Casey Affleck in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, which I’m pretty sure was intentional. ---
**Author:** ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/105 "2013-04-13T22:09:39Z")
When Aragorn starts singing at the end of _The Return of the King_. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/106 "2013-04-13T22:46:10Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Confession: > > Didn’t make it to any of the redeeming ‘good’ parts of Silver Linings Playbook. I’ve been around too much dysfunction I guess. I have a nephew, in recent years, diagnosed just as the main character. I have seen up close the people I love struggle to find their way. In fact, they were all watching it happily in my living room. > > I just couldn’t take it. Nothing but cringe for me, and then at a certain point I realized I didn’t really like any of these people. Went to washroom and did not return until the film ended. They assured me it was worth it, I shouldn’t have given up, etc, etc. > > I remain unconvinced! In my opinion, you saw the best, most realistic non-Hollywood part. /aside ---
**Author:** ![Renifer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Renifer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renifer)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/107 "2013-04-14T13:31:05Z")
The American Idol segments when they focus on the bad singers. The judges really rip into them. I’m not saying that they should hand awards to them or anything, but the treatment these contestants get is terrible. They want to be singers so badly, but they aren’t talented enough to make it in showbiz, and the show treats them like they deserve to be treated as jokes because they aren’t talented enough to excel at their dream career. Sometimes it seems as if the show leads them on to think they were talented enough to sing on TV, only to be lampooned and ripped to shreds by a national audience. As someone who fears that I’m not good enough for my dream career, I think it crosses the line from competitive to cruel. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/108 "2013-04-14T15:35:44Z")
Huh, I don’t watch those shows but I always assumed they preselected horrible singers with such a thirst for fame that they didn’t care if they were getting harshed, they just want to be on TV. The Kartrashians have convinced the masses that talent is not necessarily for fame and fortune. ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/109 "2013-04-14T15:52:36Z")
I read somewhere that AI producers tell people before they see the celebrity judges, “you’re here because you’re either really good or really bad.” ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/110 "2013-04-15T02:59:11Z")
> [@Renifer](#): > > The American Idol segments when they focus on the bad singers. The judges really rip into them. I’m not saying that they should hand awards to them or anything, but the treatment these contestants get is terrible. > > They want to be singers so badly, but they aren’t talented enough to make it in showbiz, and the show treats them like they deserve to be treated as jokes because they aren’t talented enough to excel at their dream career. Sometimes it seems as if the show leads them on to think they were talented enough to sing on TV, only to be lampooned and ripped to shreds by a national audience. > > As someone who fears that I’m not good enough for my dream career, I think it crosses the line from competitive to cruel. I watched it for years, and every time, I skipped the auditions and waited until the top 12 or whatever got to Hollywood. I had no interest in seeing people make a fool of themselves, or be made fun of. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/111 "2013-04-15T04:16:04Z")
The opening scene of “Kids,” especially with a guy you don’t know very well. Minutes and minutes of deep, slobbery, LOUD kissing. The sounds were obnoxious and it seemed to go on forever. And those were the only sounds. ---
**Author:** ![criticalius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/97f17d/32.png) [@criticalius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/criticalius)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/112 "2013-04-15T10:26:14Z")
the 15 min long raping scene in a french movie called : Irrevisible ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/113 "2013-04-15T14:07:39Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > I watched it for years, and every time, I skipped the auditions and waited until the top 12 or whatever got to Hollywood. I had no interest in seeing people make a fool of themselves, or be made fun of. Funny, our family does the opposite… ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/114 "2013-04-15T14:20:19Z")
> [@criticalius](#): > > the 15 min long raping scene in a french movie called : Irrevisible I had forgotten about this movie. Man, was it brutal! ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/115 "2013-04-15T14:36:35Z")
I happen to love “Big Bang Theory” but the scenes where Leonard gets in front of crowds and talks about how his mother ruined his childhood are just too cringe worthy. I change the channel. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/116 "2013-04-15T18:57:34Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Funny, our family does the opposite… Yeah, I’m aware there are people who do just the opposite. Out of curiosity, do you like some or all of the other things in this thread that others have said they can’t watch? ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/117 "2013-04-15T19:24:24Z")
I was just watching an old clip of Jonathan Winters, and was reminded that I find all improv humor uncomfortable. I think it’s like a vicarious fear of flop sweat – even if the comic pulls it off, the fear of failure makes me extremely uneasy. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/118 "2013-04-15T20:51:52Z")
**Napolean Dynamite** is this way for me from nearly start to finish. It did nothing but resurrect long-buried pain and trauma of being bullied and mocked as an awkward kid. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/119 "2013-04-25T17:10:42Z")
Arrested Development is full of cringe-worthy scenes. Like Gob’s magic act, Buster and the Lucilles, and basically everything that happens to Michael. ---
**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 25, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191/120 "2013-04-25T17:34:54Z")
How about Jeff on “Coupling” being so nervous around a woman that he ends up claiming to have only one leg? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-are-too-awkward-to-watch/655191.md?page=7)