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I answered a comment about the girls upbringing/class background, taking Marnie's mom and Hannah's parents as examples proving they (Hannah and Marnie) aren't trust fund babies. Someone commented about Jessa's dad simple material standards (the house, for example) showing he too is an example similar to Hannah and Marnie's parents, to which I replied with the text below. I just always think it's an interesting topic and was curious whether this differs between for instance American and European viewers. Wanted to share it to hear others' thoughts. Here's what I wrote:

I do think, though, that her dad gives a more upper middle class impression. The type that's bohemian and has a simple lifestyle materialistically (at least what they show). He has that self-confidence and arrogance, which is very different from Hannah's parents and Marnie's mom, that usually comes from class, not money. I don't know if this is perhaps something more common in European countries (I'm half Swedish, half British). My mum and dad had very different class backgrounds, and they were good examples of this. It doesn't always show in materialistic differences since people can lose/earn money that changes their level of wealth from their upbringing and family. It shows in things like how one carries oneself in the world, one's relationship to authorities, one's perception of one's power and agency in relationship to society, and other people. Hannah's and Marnie's parents are neatly dressed (even when casual), they care about their surroundings, for instance, when Hannah is doing her compulsive acts at the Judy Collins concert. Jessa's dad would either just have ignored her (and been unbothered by potentially disturbing the show for others) or been more loud, whatever he felt like honestly, whereas Hannah's parents are much more compliant to norms and being polite. Jessa is very similar to her dad in this regard. We also know that she has been cut off from some fund because of dropping out of rehab, which is a more objective piece of information we have. But I would argue that her dad gives many indications of having a much more privileged background than Hannah's and Marnie's parents.

So, just to be clear: I have no education in film or cinematography, so I might not be able to express this very precisely. I hope someone understands what I'm talking about and can tell what technique it is, if any.

Also: I haven't seen the first film from 1962! So I'm afraid I can't take that into the equation, so to speak.

I'm a Xennial and watched Cape Fear (1991) first in my teens in the nineties and later at least a couple of more times. It's been quite a long time since the last time. I really loved the film and it's a favourite of mine.

Now, when watching the show on Apple TV, there's some form of technique I can't pinpoint but that I recognise from the 1991 film. It's something about the way the camera lingers before cutting to a new scene. Like instead of cutting where I guess is more usual to cut (since I'm noticing this as something different and unusual (to my knowledge)) the camera might stay a few seconds longer on someone's expression or just on something (seemingly) insignificant like an object in the kitchen, and then cut to another scene. Again, I'm sorry I can't express it they way I could had I had more knowledge about this.

Does anyone recognise this and can explain what it's called, when it was popular, what the narrative 'effect' of it is, etc? I'm wondering if it's something that is used in the first Cape Fear film, maybe a classic style of that time (as it's not something I've come across that much in films I've watched (I've seen mainly films from the 70s an onwards, a few from the 60s and barely anything from earlier than the 60s)).

I can't help wondering what the people at Estée Lauder, Dolce & Gabbana, etc, think about their brands being associated with Gilead ☺️