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“Does Barry Manilow know that you raid his wardrobe?”
“He most certainly does. What he doesn’t know is that, for male earrings, right = OK, left = gay.”
That certainly changes the tone of the final scene/snapshot of the movie.
(No offence to anyone - I love gay people. Three beloved members of my extended family are gay! The character of Bender is probably is not down with being gay, therein lies the burn)
But I honestly don’t understand Streep’s point; she’s the one who figures Hathaway just fished stuff out of a clearance bin, after Hathaway notes that a couple of articles of clothing look the same to her. Streep figures that Hathaway doesn’t know that it’s cerulean instead of lapis — but that’s presumably Hathaway’s point: that, as she sees no difference, it genuinely would’ve made no difference to her if lapis stuff rather than cerulean stuff had been in that clearance bin.
Hathaway, as far as I can tell, doesn’t give a crap which belt they go with; she has no preference, because she can’t even tell them apart. Streep, as far as I can tell, merely doubles that instead of countering it: she notes that Hathaway can’t tell two other items apart — and, presumably, wouldn’t have given a crap (or even noticed) if she’d gotten one instead of the other; she presumably would’ve paid the same price, with just as much or as little enthusiasm.
Sooooo…People should walk around naked?
Star Trek Generations.
Last night my family was watching Frost/Nixon. Just before an interview starts, Nixon asks Frost, to throw him off-balance, “So, did you fornicate last night?” It works. Frost is flummoxed.
If I were Frost, I would, once the interview formally began, have led off with, “Sir, you just asked me if I fornicated last night. Why would you say such a thing?” Let Nixon deny it, and then roll tape to show he’s lying. Let him admit it, and he’s exposed as a petty, manipulative man (whoa, big surprise there).
Some TV characters may be avoiding a snappy comeback at all costs: - YouTube
From the West Wing:
Bartlet: I like your show. I like how you call homosexuality an abomination."
Dr. Jacobs: “I’ll be sure to let my fans know that you like my show and my teachings. But, I don’t say homosexuality’s an abomination, Mr. President, the bible does.”
Bartlet: “Yes it does. Leviticus”
Dr. Jacobs: “18:22”
Bartlet: Chapter and verse. I wanted to ask you a couple questions while I had you here. I’m interested in selling my youngest daughter into slavery as sanctioned in exodus 21:7. She’s a Georgetown sophomore, speaks fluent Italian, always cleared the table when it was her turn. What would a good price for her be?
Dr. Jacobs: You want to sell Zoey? To Whom? This is a terrible idea Mr. President and I strongly advise you not to pursue this course of action.
Bartlet: My chief of staff, Leo McGarry, insists on working on the sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly says he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself or is it ok to call the police?
Dr. Jacobs: Mr. President, we reside in the United States of America in the 20th century and killing someone for the sole reason that they were working on the sabbath would be illegal under our governmental system, even for a president. I had hoped that you would know that.
Bartlet: Here’s one that’s really important, cause we’ve got a lot of sports fans in this town. Touching the skin of a dead pig makes one unclean, Leviticus 11:7. If they promise to wear gloves, can the Washington Red Skins still play football? Can Notre Dame? Can West Point?
Dr. Jacobs: Yes, with or without gloves. Anyone can still play football while being, so called, ‘unclean’.
Bartlet: does the whole town really have to be together to stone my brother John for planting different crops side by side?
Dr. Jacobs: No. Thanks for asking.
Bartlet: Can I burn my mother in a small family gathering for wearing garments made from two different threads?”
Dr. Jacobs: Yes. Make it a sick burn though, like: “cotton and silk, mommas got milk”. OK I’m gonna work on that because that is not very funny.
As one author suggested in 2008, the correct response to “Why don’t you lecture your radio listeners about violating the Sabbath and wearing mixed fabrics rather than just homosexuality?” is “Judaism* believes only the prohibition of the latter applies to everyone - and most of my listeners aren’t Jewish.”
*or rather, certain sects thereof
“…yes I did. Pat is quite the little minx. She told me you can’t satisfy her. I had no problem.”
That doesn’t make sense. Her listeners are Christians. Why would they care more about what Jews believe?
Sure, but… who cares? The response I wanted Anne Hathaway to make (similar but not identical to others in this thread) was “but, I don’t care what color my sweater is. I need my clothes to keep me warm, and comfortable. I’d prefer them not to be flammable. I care much more about how durable, economical and practical they are than what they look like. And once they pass a certain very low bar of looking decent and modest, I don’t care at all. It. Just. Doesn’t. Matter. It doesn’t matter to me at all, and the only reason it matters to anyone is because your parasitic industry has convinced people it should.”
You’re missing the point. If she didn’t care, why did she choose that color? Why not red? Why not yellow? The point was she liked that color (or else why would she buy it?) and it was decisions made by the fashion industry that meant the color she liked was available.
The entire point was that she was certain it didn’t matter but Streep points out that it did matter, because it gave her the opportunity to buy that particular color. It’s just that Hathaway didn’t give any thought as to why that color was there.
And Hathaway’s character, like IIRC all of the characters in that movie, really does care about clothing.
I was watching a Flash Gordon movie late one night, in which a slave girl was dancing for the amusement of Emperor Ming. When one of his minions entered with important news, he stopped the performance by ringing a gong.
I immediately said in my best Chuck Barris voice “Aw, Ming, you ras-cule! Why’d ya do that? I thought she was doin’ just fine!”
My brother, who was watching the movie with me, cracked up laughing.
Any time Ming reprimands one of his minions, I cap the speech with “… And take off that silly helmet!”
Not so much snark as overwrought…I love the last three Mission: Impossible movies, but the first three are a complete jumble. Saw the first one opening night at Mann’s Chinese, and I still think it’s dopey garbage. Despite the great Robert Towne on the script, the dialogue is often hilariously bad. For the final bit in the Channel Tunnel, Cruise holds up the two-toned explosive chewing gum and barks “Red light! Green light!” It took great force of will not to yell “rewrite!”
OK - I’ll add one more to the “blue sweater” comeback.
“Oh - so that’s what you call it. I call it, ‘What happened when I accidentally washed my white sweater with a pair of new blue jeans.’”
It’s a good comeback because it undercuts the premise several different ways.
I mean, clothes are SOME color. Maybe she grabbed the first one off the rack. Yes, clearly Meryl Streep has influence over stuff. The question is whether that influence is genuinely important.
But that color wouldn’t have been on the rack if some fashion designer hadn’t decided to use it.
It’s not a matter of importance. It’s a matter that the high fashion industry makes decisions that trickle down to be incorporated in all women’s clothing. Miranda is pointing out that though Andy scoffs at the idea of high fashion, but without realizing it she is just as much a follower of it as someone who lives for stylish clothes.
Thing is, I can imagine a version of that scene where Miranda’s line is an interesting comeback that makes the exact point you’re on about here: something like Andy saying she bought the sweater because she liked the color, and Miranda replying that, no, the reason you went for the cerulean one instead of a turquoise one or a lapis one is because it was selected for you.
There are plenty of ways for Andy to set that up so Miranda could spike the point home — but none of them work if, back when Andy fished something cerulean out of a clearance bin, she could’ve honestly said, “I’d be just as willing to pay the same price if this sweater were turquoise, because I genuinely do not give a crap. If I bring this up to the checkout counter, and they tell me they have one in lapis for a penny less, I’ll take that one; but, if they say the lapis one is going for a penny more, I’ll stick with this.”
But the clearance bin she grabbed it from had a cerulean sweater and not a turquoise one. Designers don’t make two shades of the same color fashionable at the same time. After cerulean, there wouldn’t be another fashionable blue for years. By that time, cerulean sweaters would all be gone.
If she Andy didn’t want blue at all, she’d still be chosing a color that was made fashionable. Clothes manufacturers follow the lead of fashion.