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The background extra who ruins the whole scene

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Once your eye catches the terrible pantomime happening deeply behind the main characters, the entire scene is completely ruined. They aggressively sweep the same patch of floor with a broom while looking dead into the lens. Their bizarre commitment to fake normalcy becomes the only thing you watch.

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