weirdly normal jobs in movies

[Flick James]

I'm struggling to understand the concept of the thread 

the 'weirdly normal jobs in movies' topic is like jazz: if you have to ask, you're never going to know.

i was talking to this woman at a party, turned out she was a ballet teacher. all i could think about was 'suspiria'; she terminated the conversation pretty quickly.

Is jazz dead yet? No? Damn.

[AndyC]

I'm struggling to understand the concept of the thread 

the 'weirdly normal jobs in movies' topic is like jazz: if you have to ask, you're never going to know.

I'm having a little trouble with this myself. If an ordinary job is necessary to the plot or chosen for deliberate irony, does it count?

[Trevor]

I nominate Rutger Hauer in Wanted Dead Or Alive as Nick Randall - the bounty hunter who lives in a warehouse and only ever brings in one suspect.

[Newt]

In The 5000 Fingers of Dr T the adult character who helps the child protagonist (who sees him as a father-figure and wants to set him up with his mom) is a plumber.  The bad guy (Dr T of the title) is a piano teacher (but that is essential to the plot: such as it is...).  Has to be something implied in that: the plumber helps to take out the oh-so-cultured musician.

[Raffine]

I don't recall the name of the movie offhand, but I remember one 80's movie where one of the characters was a cast member of the musical CATS. He dies during the course of the film and later shows up as a ghost in his CATS costume.

Ol' Norm Son-of-a-Gunderson in FARGO painted ducks for US postage stamps.

So - Am I correctly understanding the concept of this thread?

[Moreau]

yes! spot on

[zombie no.one]

Ol' Norm Son-of-a-Gunderson in FARGO painted ducks for US postage stamps.

haha. but it doesn't seem incongruous, because the film itself is 'true to life' in a way

from what I can gather this thread is about vastly exaggerated characters/superheroes who for some reason have mudane occupations. (or is it?)

[Saucerman]

Rowdy Roddy Piper in THEY LIVE is a construction worker/drifter.

[bionica]

i thought the thread started with actual actor's real jobs, but i like where it is going

[Moreau]

in the "thomas crown affair", faye dunaway plays an independent insurance investigator.