A wacky sort of example: fairy tales like Rumpelstiltskin.
Maeve Binchy's Evening Class has several small domestic examples where one character is trying to connect with his wife by asking her questions about her day and she just completely stonewalls him by saying it's not interesting and scorning him for even asking. It turns out she's hiding something, but it also works on the surface.
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Date: 2023-04-09 05:02 pm (UTC)The Good Omens fic "Demonology and the Tri-Phasic Model of Trauma: An Integrative Approach" by Nnm has many scenes of this type probably for 3/4 of its length. This chapter has a good one where one character is trying to help another one notice and acknowledge a particular self-destructive tendency.
The police comedy Brooklyn 9-9 has an episode called "The Box" that is one long interrogation scene; I really enjoyed it. However, there are 2 interrogators, not just 1.
A wacky sort of example: fairy tales like Rumpelstiltskin.
Maeve Binchy's Evening Class has several small domestic examples where one character is trying to connect with his wife by asking her questions about her day and she just completely stonewalls him by saying it's not interesting and scorning him for even asking. It turns out she's hiding something, but it also works on the surface.