OVER BLACK SCENE CARD
Pretty Woman Makes Shopping a Status Contract
The romance works by making class performance concrete. Clothes, rooms, manners, and money become a contract the characters both use and outgrow.
Why it works
The shopping sequence externalizes humiliation and access. Vivian's body does not change, but the social reading of her body does, turning retail space into a visible class machine.
craft_lanes
relationship enginesocial contract comedy
arena
dress shophotel
institution
romanceclass system
pressure
statusmoneyclass exposure
violation
status exposure
cost
statuslove
dialogue_function
bargainstatus test
character_entrance
contradiction
turn_mechanic
information reprices scene
setpiece_type
public spectacle
body_logic
visibility object
myth_object
wedding dress