Just a Face and a Caption: The Perry Mason Method

I have no idea who this person is or how he's supposed to illustrate the trope. I motion to remove this pic, regardless of a replacement.

That's Perry Mason in the pic doing his thing. Good example, bad page pic.

Well, can someone find a better image? I think it's better than nothing.

^^^ The lawyer is trying to intimidate the man on the stand (in front) with a prop paddle. What part is in coming through?

The fact that it's black and white, for one thing, which is a personal gripe because I find black and white to make anything harder to decipher because I like color cues; and the whole scene- a dude standing in a wooden boat with a paddle about to attack the other guy- doesn't tell me anything about the character or why they're doing it, just that, well, it's a thing they're doing. For all I know, this ain't even a lawyer, just some guy in a boat.

Edited by WarJay77 on Apr 24th 2019 at 10:45:27 AM

Intimidation isn't this trope; that's Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique (or possibly some other variant of Perp Sweating). It's also missing the actual confession that makes the trope.

Edited by RamenChef on Apr 24th 2019 at 9:49:12 AM

It's actually not from Perry Mason, but A Place in the Sun.

Keep Until Better Image Suggested. The badgering of the witness is clear to me.

Crowner, as there seems to be an even split between Pull and Keep.

Thanks, it's hooked.

Votes bump; consensus is to leave the current ATM.