Hi people. This is my first contribution to this site, so bear with me if I don't quite know what I'm about.
Anyway the term "Accidental public confession" immediately made me think of the film-noir "The Woman in the Window", and a couple of lines from the film, which are two of my favourite lines of dialogue ever.
I get it that the "confession" doesn't necessarily have to be the villain confessing to a crime. In this case it is CLOSE to that - the Edward G. Robinson character is not technically a murderer, but he is the killer (in self-defence, though he has to keep it hidden for other reasons - CLASSIC film-noir!!).
My problem is, although this seems to me an obvious example, I can't see it as type 1, 2 or 3.
Quoting from memory till I dig out the disk:
E.G. : "Just because a man doesn't show up for a day, it doesn't mean he's been murdered."
His friend the detective : "I didn't say he was murdered."
.... thoughts???
Linking to a past Trope Repair Shop thread that dealt with this page: Three types on the page
, started by blackcat on Nov 29th 2010 at 3:42:54 AM
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