Coincidences Abound
Fans of the TV Show Crossing Jordan always do a double take when they meet me. They think I'm kidding about my name because they know from the show that Woody Hoyt is a detective and Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh is a medical examiner. *shrug* its pretty weak if you ask me. Many people coincidentally have complete names matching movie and TV characters and it is purely unintentional.
So Sara's watching it and I am in the kitchen. My back is to the TV, and I spin around when I hear something really familiar. Fencing. Yup. There is fencing in last night's episode.
In one scene a detective is fencing with a foilest character in the episode. I say to Sara, there should be a flashing graphic somewhere on the scene that says "This Never Happens". The fencer isn't wearing a mask. The detective isn't wearing anything but his street cloths. It makes for good TV, but it doens't necessarily make a good impression. Especially when the detective grabs himself in pain everytime he is hit. They shot on location in an actual college fencing sale. I didn't catch which one.
In another scene the detective and Jordan are in the dead guy's room. The dead guy was apparently the number two foilest at this particular college. They think the instructor he was sleeping with killed him, but the found incriminating footprints. As soon as the camera showed them I announced to Sara, "The other fencer did it." I knew this because the tread of fencing shoes is unique to all other shoe patterns. (Most likely a PBT shoe) Plus the added bonus of a stripe of missing tread in the pattern. I have seen that before as well. Fencers will often wrap some sort of tape around the shoe at the ball of the foot to protect the tred as this is the part of the shoe that takes the most wear.
Sure enough, that was the answer. In the end they cheesed out and the fencing culprit draws an rapier (whatever..) on Jordan only to be outdrawn by nice detective with a gun. Everyone knows you do not bring a sword to a gunfight. Still, I can't help but believe a writer for that show fences or at least knows someone who does competitively. Cool.
One day I am going to write something with fencing in it. Everyone will be dressed correctly, everyone will fence well, everyone will fence safely, and no one will have a sword or a gun in the salle.
I will not give in to cleche. I promise.
