Although the two don’t speak to each other, they lock eyes.
Romy’s friends protest at her drinking it due to not knowing where it came from.
However, this doesn’t stop her.
Another important aspect of Samuel’s test of Romy is the setting.
When Samuel sends the milk, Romy is out in public with her friends and coworkers.
Samuel knows that Romy needs to risk losing things to get enjoyment out of their relationship.
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“As Reijn points out,milk is often drunk by animalistic and villainous charactersin movies and TV shows.
These characters drinking milk is often read as unsettling due to milk’s association with youth and innocence.
The milk is, of course, an archetype.
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Weve seen it in other movies.
It is a great symbol of animalistic sides of ourselves.
It happened to me.
I felt really good about myself for one night in my life.
All my colleagues were like, No, were going to bed.
I was all alone.
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There was this young Belgian actor I cant say who it is but he was famous.
I knew of him.
Id never spoken to him.
He was at least 15 years younger than I, and he ordered me a glass of milk.
It did make me a little nauseated, to be honest with you, because it was cow milk.
It was back in the day.
