In the absence of that, I am happy to play solo, but I don't think there is any comparison.
Our writers are full of cliches just as old barns are full of bats. There is obviously no rule about this, except that anything that you suspect of being a cliche undoubtedly is one and had better be removed.
I have the rare privilege of talking to my dad every night at 10 p.m. and hearing about what he did that day.

