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TinyDayDreamer0 t1_j6c4dna wrote

what's slow clap

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Reset_Tears t1_j6ck467 wrote

I think the idea is that there's a dramatic moment in the movie where the protagonist achieves their dream or what have you, one person (a friend, mentor, or lover) starts clapping very slowly to break the deafening silence, and then slowly but surely everyone else starts joining in until there's a full minute of roaring applause from the whole crowd, and even a character or two who hated the protagonist earlier in the film will join in.

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FLEXXMAN33 t1_j6jwtg6 wrote

I don't know about what it is in Lucas, but these days it's usually a sarcastic clap meant to show you don't like a performance. On a related note, this is why Eric Clapton is called "slow hand". Apparently audiences would give him a slow clap when he replaced his guitar string on stage.

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roflredditwaffle t1_j6mgcx1 wrote

Thats not what a slow clap is. The slow clap is when theres a crowd staring at a character in disbelief, or shock, or whatever, and then one person starts clapping slowly. As they increase their clapping speed, the rest of the crowd joins in and usually ends with everyone cheering for the character.

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FLEXXMAN33 t1_j6mr2b5 wrote

I've seen Citizen Cane and I remember that scene, but is it possible there's more than one occasion to clap slowly?

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