Woman Frantically Tries To Compose Herself Before Movie Ends To Hide Emotional Reaction
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The Onion Staff
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A satirical article from The Onion about a woman who becomes deeply emotionally invested in a movie she's watching, but frantically tries to compose herself and hide her tears before the lights come on in the theater. The piece humorously captures the universal experience of being moved by a film and the social awkwardness of trying to conceal that emotional vulnerability from others.
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· 3 pulledShe was really going through it, and I think she knew the lights were going to come up any second, because she started wiping her eyes and taking these really deep, shaky breaths, like she was trying to pull herself together before anyone could see her like that.
I saw her mouth the words 'stop it' to herself at one point, which was honestly kind of relatable.
It was like she was trying to physically prevent the emotion from being on her face, which, I mean, we've all been there.
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