Is there any possibility this is done just to make it blindingly obvious to the viewer that Breakfast Is Happening™?
Seems like someone grabbing a couple breakfast bars and a canned beverage might plausibly finish the task quickly enough that a viewer may not notice, particularly if it’s not the foreground of the scene.
Or maybe it’s for the same reason anyone coming back from the grocery store will have a paper bag with celery stalks and a baguette poking out the top? No reason other than that it’s the conventional way of demonstrating the trope.
make it blindingly obvious to the viewer that Breakfast Is Happening™
In others words “assume the viewer is too stupid to understand up cereal + day light + kitchen + after night time scene = breakfast.”
That’s one issue I have with a lot of newer shows and movies. Yes the older ones were guilty of it too, but now it feels like we’re being spoonfed every detail. “Did you catch the foreshadowing?? Here lets play it 3 times in slow motion, zoom in on it, and have a character say “oh look, that might be important later””
“Then take the other half with you, it’s hand-held food. The whole point is you can take it to go.”
“They don’t allow food on the bus.”
“Whatever, I’ll eat the other half. Have a good day. BOY! DID YOU FINISH YOUR WAFFLE WITH PEANUT BUTTER? I NEED YOU TO SIT ON THE POTTY SO FINISH YOUR BREAKFAST! Oh, hey, did you want toast or english muffin or something, Hon?”
“Nnnnnnhghh… just coffee…”
“It’s already out to cool down, there on the stove. I WILL THROW OUT THAT WAFFLE IF YOU DON’T FINISH IT WE HAVE TO GOOOO!”
I feel like that would get the “breakfast is happening” vibe out there.
Is there any possibility this is done just to make it blindingly obvious to the viewer that Breakfast Is Happening™?
Seems like someone grabbing a couple breakfast bars and a canned beverage might plausibly finish the task quickly enough that a viewer may not notice, particularly if it’s not the foreground of the scene.
Or maybe it’s for the same reason anyone coming back from the grocery store will have a paper bag with celery stalks and a baguette poking out the top? No reason other than that it’s the conventional way of demonstrating the trope.
In others words “assume the viewer is too stupid to understand up cereal + day light + kitchen + after night time scene = breakfast.”
That’s one issue I have with a lot of newer shows and movies. Yes the older ones were guilty of it too, but now it feels like we’re being spoonfed every detail. “Did you catch the foreshadowing?? Here lets play it 3 times in slow motion, zoom in on it, and have a character say “oh look, that might be important later””
Could just as easily do like I do for my family:
“You wanted bagel with cream cheese, right?”
“I only have time for half.”
“Then take the other half with you, it’s hand-held food. The whole point is you can take it to go.”
“They don’t allow food on the bus.”
“Whatever, I’ll eat the other half. Have a good day. BOY! DID YOU FINISH YOUR WAFFLE WITH PEANUT BUTTER? I NEED YOU TO SIT ON THE POTTY SO FINISH YOUR BREAKFAST! Oh, hey, did you want toast or english muffin or something, Hon?”
“Nnnnnnhghh… just coffee…”
“It’s already out to cool down, there on the stove. I WILL THROW OUT THAT WAFFLE IF YOU DON’T FINISH IT WE HAVE TO GOOOO!”
I feel like that would get the “breakfast is happening” vibe out there.
“They don’t allow food on the bus”? Seriously? Has you family never snuck food into a movie theater before?
Just stick the bagel in a sandwich bag, and hide it under your coat or in your bag. Eat it at your destination. It’s not hard to pull off.
True, its often used to signal that we have jumped to the next day in the same way they might use a rooster call in a rural setting.
I think it’s either that, or directors for major movies tending to be fabulously wealthy and not knowing what normal people have for breakfast.