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eroock
Since: Sep, 2012
5th May, 2024 03:59:31 AM
An untroped extension of There Are No Police, basically There Is No Civil Courage. Related but not quite fitting are Bystander Syndrome and Apathetic Citizens.
Edited by eroock
There is a medium or small crowd in a street, a bar, or any location.
Then two characters start to fight. Verbally fight, or physical fight, anyway, no one watching dares to intervene to enhance, moderate or stop the fight. Because, out-universe, they know the fighters need to perform the fight for sake of the show.
They may be two lovers loudly arguing, or business enemies, or love rivals about to punch each other, and no one says a word. A stressed lover may be giving a hate full-speech, ridiculizing his/her antagonist, and no one dares to shut his/her mouth. People just stares in awe, not producing a single sound or making a minimal move towards them.
In real life, a situation like this would surely produce a mayhem.
Does this trope exist?