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Nov 6, 2023 · The main reason why Below Deck crew members and charter guests are usually seen barefoot is to avoid their shoes doing damage to the floors of the yacht. The outside of a...
Nov 6, 2023 · The main reason why Below Deck crew members and charter guests are usually seen barefoot is to avoid their shoes doing damage to the floors of the yacht. The outside of a...
epcd. • 3 yr. ago. It’s all about protecting the teak decks. Bits of gravel and such, brought onto the boat via the soles of shoes, quickly damages the expensive teak decks. Hence you doff your footwear before boarding, and then either go barefooted or wear “boat only” shoes while aboard. Source: multi-generational sailing family. slapwerks.
Below Deck viewers have remarked on more than one occasion that cameras sometimes catch the bottoms of the crew’s (not so clean) feet. Viewers usually comment that the crew’s feet look dirty ...
- Overall Story
- Main Character
- Influence Character
- Relationship Story
Preconscious
1. Overall Story Signpost 1Everyone expresses their immediate reactions to the location and size of the apartment.Without thinking, Paul plans to prepare for a law case at home without first consulting Corie’s feelings:Paul: (Into phone.) Frank?...Yeah!...Yes, I’ll go over everything tonight. (Corie reacts to “tonight” and slowly moves down the ladder.)Corie: What about tonight?Paul: I’ve got to be in court tomorrow morning…I’ve got my first case!Corie: What about tonight?Paul: I’ll have to g...
Subconscious
1. Overall Story Signpost 2Corie, Paul, and Mrs. Banks toast to their future happiness:Corie: (Making toast.) To the wonderful new life that’s ahead of us all.
Conscious
1. Overall Story Signpost 3Corie and Paul consider divorcing, even though it is a poor course of action to take after only one night of marital squabbling:Paul: You’re serious.Corie: Dead serious.Paul: You mean the whole thing? With signing papers and going to court, shaking hands, goodby, finished, forever, divorced?Corie: That’s what I mean…Paul: I see…Well…I guess there’s nothing left to be said.Velasco intends to escort Mrs. Banks home without considering the return trip:Velasco: I’m driv...
Becoming
1. Main Character Signpost 1Paul is concerned with becoming a lawyer:Paul: Marshall has to be in Washington tomorrow and he wants me to take over…with Frank…but it’s really my case. Oh, Corie, baby, I’m going to be a lawyer.
Being
1. Main Character Signpost 2Although Paul does not approve of Corie’s schemes, he does not interfere with her dinner party plans and plays the role of “good sport” (though rather reluctantly).
Conceiving
1. Main Character Signpost 3Paul cannot conceive that Corie wants a divorce:Corie: Well, you certainly don’t think we’re going to live here together, do you? After tonight?Paul: Are you serious?Corie: Of course I’m serious. I want a divorce!Paul: (Shocked, he jumps up.) A divorce? What?
Obtaining
1. Influence Character Signpost 1Corie is concerned with obtaining the utilities and furniture necessary to start her new life as a grown married woman:Corie: My very own phone…Gives you a sense of power, doesn’t it? Can I make a call yet?(The doorbell buzzes. Corie puts down the phone, and rushes to the door.)Corie: Oh, please let that be the furniture and not Paul so Paul can see the apartment with furniture.
Learning
1. Influence Character Signpost 2Corie is open to new experiences, and encourages Paul (who is not) to do the same:Corie: Well, here goes. (Tosses it back and forth, then pops it perfectly.) How about that?Velasco: Perfect. You’re the prettiest epicurean I’ve ever seen…(Offers knichi to Paul.) Paul?Paul: Er, no thank you. I have a bad arm.Corie: You can try it. You should try everything, right, Mr. Velasco?Velasco: As the French say, “At least once”...
Understanding
1. Influence Character Signpost 3Corie understands that Paul’s reserved ways conflict with her happy-go-lucky outlook on life.Corie: You’re always dressed right, you always look right, you always say the right things. You’re very close to being perfect…I have never seen you without a jacket.. I always feel like such a slob compared to you.
Past
1. Relationship Story Signpost 1Paul and Corie’s past is their honeymoon. On the first day in their new home, Paul and Corie’s conflict about Corie’s wish to return to the recent past is lighthearted, yet indicative of Corie’s free-spirited nature and Paul’s logical way of looking at situations:Corie: Oh, boy. Let’s take a cab back to the Plaza. We still have an hour before check-out time.Paul: We can’t. We took a towel and two ash trays. We’re hot. (He kisses her.)
Progress
1. Relationship Story Signpost 2Paul and Corie come into conflict over the progress of turning their apartment into a home:Corie: Oh, you’re grouchy. I want a divorce.Paul: I’m not grouchy…I’m tired…I had a rotten day today…I’m a little irritable…and cold…and grouchy.Corie: Okay, grouch. I’ll fix you a drink.Paul: I just couldn’t think today. Couldn’t think…Moving furniture until three o’clock in the morning.Corie: Mr. Velasco moved. You complained.Paul: Mr. Velasco pointed! I moved!...He cam...
Present
1. Relationship Story Signpost 3Paul and Corie come into conflict when Corie wants to settle their fight immediately, and Paul wants delay it until the morning:Paul: Corie, it’s two-fifteen. If I can fall asleep in about half-an-hour, I can get about five hours’ sleep. I’ll call you from court tomorrow and we can fight over the phone.Corie: You will not go to sleep. You will stay here and fight to save our marriage.
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