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Ticklescenes.com: new website about tickling in popular culture

I wouldn't want to laugh, but... (Forced Laughters and Tickling Scenes in Movies and TV Shows)

Tickling in "Welcome Home" (2018) Cassie (Emily Ratajkowski) is in bed, blindfolded, when she is joined by a stranger, whom she mistakes for her husband. The man begins kissing her belly, causing an intense tickle. The woman, caught off guard, squirms and giggles. Tickling in "American History X" (1998) Tickling in "Blood" (2004) Noelle Terry is tied to bed. Her brother Chris, unbeknownst to her, starts tickling her hips. Noelle is very ticklish and begins to scream and laugh without restraint. She threatens him but he continues to tickle her, making her laugh loudly and squirm. Tickling in "Mai Dire Domenica" Tickling is often adopted as a comic expedient in gags because of the spontaneous laughter reaction it produces in who experience it, making laugh at inopportune moments. We have an example of this in this gag in an Italian television program. The showman exhibits a so-called shoe that ensures maximum freedom: in other words, it has no sole

Laughing as an admission of submission (Tickling in "Valentina")

Despite the fact that in everyday life it is used as a joke or game between children, tickling can be a genuine instrument of torture. The comic series "Valentina" focuses on the adventures of the young and attractive photographer Valentina, who is always grappling with events revolving around her sensuality. In one episode the protagonist discovers to her cost that she will not be able to laugh as usual at the dangers she faces... but will be forced to laugh against her will. A countess and her enforcers have captured Valentina, and she refuses to provide them with information they might use for subversive political actions. The countess, from the height of her aristocratic position, is accustomed to treating other lower-class people as objects from which to take away any glimmer of dignity. Now she needs information from Valentina, and she intends to get it by force, but she does not want to stoop to practices that will hurt her body. Indeed, she wants to preserve her regal

Tickling and Laughing Scenes in Historical Movies and TV Series

Fortunes at War (1987) Simon Bouldestone (Rupert Graves) asks his friend to tickle him, to verify if he’s paralized. The man starts to tickle his feet and Simon laughs so loudly that the doctor rushes. All the presents laugh a lot. Anastasia (1997) Anastasia smiles and giggles when her foot is licked by her puppy.  A Breath of Scandal (1960) Princess Olympia (Sofia Loren) pretends to be injured after a car accident. A man goes to help her and, as he touches her, tickles her, making her giggle. The Brothers Karamazov (1958) During a party, old Fëdor Pavlovič grabs the legs of a blonde woman and passes a feather under one of the soles. The woman begins to laugh out loud, she squirms in an attempt to escape the tickle. The old man continues to play with the woman's feet until a servant interrupts him. This is one of the most famous mainstream tickle scenes in classic movies. After discovering that ticklish lovers had been celebrating this mainstream tickling scene for years, Gloria Pa

Tickling and Laughing Scenes in Sports and Phisical Exercises

In wrestling and other hand-to-hand sports competitions, tickling is usually an illegitimate move because it causes an instinctive defense reaction in the opponent to stop muscle contractions in order to defend the ticklish area. It is usually a tactic considered improper and most often ineffective, given the harshness of the competitions. However, in some movies, cartoons and TV shows, tickling is used precisely to evade the opponent's attack, or mainly for comic purposes. Eyecatch Junction (1991) In “Eyecatch Junction”, two policewomen, Makoto and Atsuko, are having a like-wrestling much. Makoto almost loses but discovers that Atsuko is ticklish and starts to tickle her armpits. Atsuko try to resist but starts to laugh. Makoto asks her if she’s ticklish, then grabs her and starts to tickle vigorously her armpits. Atsuko laughs loudly until the end of the match. UK Gladiators (TV Show) In "UK Gladiators" "hang out" competition, competitors sometimes use underar