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The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pick Up Artists, for instance, was sold as a manual to some extent—but as it delved into the lives of its main characters, including the author himself, it simply showed how bravado could mask desperation and insecurity. Merchant applies these characteristics to web designer Stuart Pritchard, a men attempting to to bone his way through Los Angeles with a mix of genuine optimism, a healthy helping of narcissism, and entirely no self-awareness.
His modus operandi is put on immediate display. “Hello ladies,” Pritchard says to two women, before introducing his recently-separated friend Wade. One clearly uninterested woman can only utter two words before the conversation devolves into the cringe-inducing jokes... When he asks where his targets are from, and one says L.A., he responds, “Can’t do anything with that,” and immediately turns to the other. It’s not a particular woman he’s interested in, but the concept of women as a whole...
Stuart is a man so unaware of how he’s perceived by others that he’s mystified at his own romantic failures...
Have you seen it?
Last edited by NilaJones; 10-05-2013 at 10:15 PM..
TBH, I didn't even realise that the scene with him eating dinner by himself was supposed to indicate loneliness until I read the review (I hadn't seen the second half of the show, at that point, where it becomes more obvious). I like being alone, so to me it just seemed relaxing. Which makes me wonder what else my introverted self misinterprets. O_o.
But the scenes with women he 'approaches' looking extremely uncomfortable while he remains oblivious were spot on!
I found it painful to watch and didn't enjoy it at all. Told my husband if I wanted to see that I'd go down to the bar with friends.
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I found it painful to watch and didn't enjoy it at all. Told my husband if I wanted to see that I'd go down to the bar with friends.
To be honest I've been to a lot of bars and I've never seen this sort of thing, and I've been to some dodgy bars. Maybe it's because I'm always too drunk to notice :P.
To be honest I've been to a lot of bars and I've never seen this sort of thing, and I've been to some dodgy bars. Maybe it's because I'm always too drunk to notice :P.
No, I suspect it's because you're not a girl.
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What I mean to say is I rarely see blatant, ham-fisted, awkward PUA like the interactions you see in the video.
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