Monster Misogyny
The phenomenon in B Movies from the 1950s to early 1960s in which rampaging monsters/serial killers seem to focus their "random" attacks mostly on women. Usually young, innocent, vulnerable women. Although such films may show a man or two as victims, the real focus is on the ladies. For instance, if the movie includes a montage of attacks, expect every victim shown to be female.
This seems to be a wide-scale application of the Disposable Woman concept, sans any significant connection to The Hero
Wish Upon A Shooting Star
Wishing upon seeing a shooting star shooting through the night sky is an old and common custom: ancient civilizations thought those where the spirits of the departed and that these could bring your wishes to the heavens, so they could be granted. The nowadays knowledge of the true nature of these falling "stars" as meteorites that, instead of going into the heavens, are falling straight towards the Earth, did absolutely nothing to deter this tradition's popularity, and it remains quite common to hear about wishing for something when a shooting star is seen.
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166. Part 1: Afraid Not October 03, 2018
