With the exception of sports (and some other rare live TV moments), no one should ever high five on television. There’s something about two characters high fiving, whether they’re in a show, movie, or commercial, that feels contrived in the worst kind of way. The high five is meant to be a “Booyah” gesture but somehow it has been neutered into a “I don’t know what we’re supposed to be doing but this seems like a safe way to celebrate” one. Watching people give awkward, weird, unalive, weak high fives is as rough as seeing makeup tattoos. They absolutely kill whatever organic momentum a scene was building towards because they reveal our cultural prudishness. Europeans celebrate each other gentilly with a big hug and a kiss on the cheek. Us? We try to look at the elbow and not swing too hard because we know deep down that the high five will only be accompanied by a timid, “Yay, we did it.” It’s almost as if the visual language of pharmaceutical ads has collectively seeped in our minds and these high fives have spread like a disease. Going cold turkey here is most likely the cure.
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