![]() ![]() After the first song, the orchestra goes into a rendition of War! (What Is It Good For?) This is only a technical example, since it's making a political statement in front of politicians, but in Cody Banks 2, the orchestra is asked to stall the world leaders from having their meeting, (since the Big Bad has them under Mind Control and the purpose of the meeting is to hand control of the Earth over to him) while Cody takes on the villains.A somewhat silly example in that the initial conversation takes exactly as long as the distraction that follows it.Bonus points if Bob can't or won't lie.Ĭompare We Need a Distraction, Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?. If Bob pulls it off, may become a Crowning Moment of Awesome. A good opportunity to rattle off exposition. What Bob says might be a Character Filibuster but more often he's making it up as he goes, going off on tangents, telling Blatant Lies or rambling. ![]() Perhaps Alice is on next and she hasn't turned up yet, but Bob knows she will if he can hang on for a bit.Įither way, Bob is screwed and his only option is to stand up and talk. Perhaps two groups in the room each know One Side of the Story and he simply can't let them talk to each other. Perhaps The Hero is doing something critical in the next room and Bob has offered to hold the bad guys off or at least hold the attention of the audience. Perhaps he's been cornered by the Big Bad and is pretending to surrender in the hope that the Big Damn Heroes or The Cavalry will turn up to rescue him. Perhaps he is a politician and must perform an actual filibuster. Whereas in Character Filibuster the author puts a speech in Bob's mouth to make a point, in Holding the Floor Bob must perform a filibuster for in-universe reasons. ![]()
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