Screen romances can no longer be sealed with a kiss, so what next for TV and film?
Insurance woes will be among the hindrances lying in wait for halted industry
A farewell scene from The Good Wife is being jokily recalled because of the inadvertent template it lends to the new game of filming drama under social distancing guidelines. Photograph: Justin Stephens/CBS Broadcasting Inc
Two women sit at a bar (remember bars?) and exchange short, rueful sentences without eye contact. They have history. As the scene unfolds, the blurry shoulder of one woman is in the foreground while the other’s face is in shot. When they clink glasses, the camera is tight on the tequila. They were friends once, but now they are never both in the same frame.
In fact, they are not in the same room. Their intermediary is a green screen.