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Jun 9, 2024 · The "women in refrigerators" trope, often known as "fridging," was originally observed in comic books but is pervasive across Hollywood. Here's what it means.
- Rick Stevenson
Sep 4, 2020 · “Fridging” is a term that first gained infamy in comic book circles, and its growing notoriety led Kripke to say he wanted to specifically avoid killing off supporting female characters in ...
- Ben Travers
Women in refrigerators is a literary trope coined by Gail Simone in 1999 describing a trend in fiction which involves female characters facing disproportionate harm, such as death, maiming, or assault, to serve as plot devices to motivate male characters, an event colloquially known as "fridging".
May 24, 2018 · The controversy was compounded by comments from Deadpool 2’s co-writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick (who wrote the screenplay with star Ryan Reynolds), who said they didn’t know the trope existed.
Jun 5, 2012 · This work had an immediate effect, in two ways. First, it presented a striking challenge to everyone who believed that words really mean something, and provoked a minor industry of work designed to avoid the scepticism which it proposed.
- Michael Morris
- 2006
May 23, 2018 · The trouble is a long-running story trope that’s especially prevalent in comics and superhero-type stories, one that some see as sexist, and one that’s a big part of the story of “Deadpool 2.” That...
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Fridging isn't a bad trope, it's a trope (character death) done badly, because it diminishes a character's importance by making us feel something was gained with their death rather than lost.
