Iron Man 2 has a one and a variation of one.One of the clickers actually stops mid-air when time stands still. One of these is on the desk of Sidney J.Act of Valor: The rick smuggler Christo has a Newton's Cradle on his yacht table, and it shaking is how he realizes US Navy ships are getting closer.Interestingly, as MythBusters' Adam and Jamie showed, this actually only works as a desktop item. Clicky thingy, check." Or it can just give the writers a chance to make a joke about "balls". Sometimes it may signify something, but other times it just may be the props department saying, "Fancy chair, check. It may also just be a kind of sloppy shorthand. Maybe it is supposed to reflect a scientific, analytical mindset, or a love of balance and order (represented by the "every action has an equal and opposite reaction" science behind the toy). Having the balls be replaced with skulls or heads seems to be a common subtrope. Nevertheless, the ball clicker often shows up in fantasy sequences that involve the balls being substituted with helpless beings in some form. If there's no one around to ignore, this can simply signify boredom. Especially if they are a technology executive or an entertainment executive. Especially if they are a technology executive or a media executive.Īnother purpose for the cradle is for the executive to fiddle with it while somebody is talking, to signify their lack of respect for the speaker or short attention span. This may be a Corrupt Corporate Executive. Perhaps it is they way the device symbolizes their power: over us, over the direction of the company, or over the world itself. We often think of this "single stroke of the hand" as synonymous with "executive" as well. Plus, it offers that oh-so-executive functioning of operating with a single swipe or stroke: even when operating useful objects, executives seemingly never do more than press a button or sweep their hands over a panel, or sign their names.
Maybe there is the fact that many models are Made of Shiny and are often chrome-like, echoing the popular image of the sleek, Ascetic Aesthetic hypermodern office furniture that we have popularly associated with executive corner offices since the early 70s. Perhaps it is the fact that they have time to play with something useless, amusing and especially hypnotic (even for an executive toy), unlike everyone else, who is, nose-to-the-grindstone, focused on productivity. There may be other executive office toys (Lava Lamps, Stress Balls, Rubik's Cubes), but there is something about the Newton's Cradle that especially reminds us of the executive's seat of power, influence and control. In fact, it nearly signifies "executive". If someone is an executive, they almost certainly have one on their desk. The Newton's cradle, named after physicist Sir Isaac Newton, is a well-known science toy that operates on the principle of conservation of momentum and energy. For when the pointy hair is not a blatant enough reason you got Kicked Upstairs.
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