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By the shores of Gitche Gumee?

posted 13 years ago by jpgr1
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Ok, what was the significance of the Song of Hiawatha? That one guy said it when Baxter was yelling at him and then they made a big deal of it at the end of the movie when they were trying to find Patsy. I must have missed the earlier references.

[–] jacsegerman 13 years ago

Earlier in the movie, Patsy was telling Mr. Baxter that she recites that whenever she gets mad and it helps with her anger, and so Mr. Baxter started doing it too. At the end when the other guy says it, that means that he must have just seen Patsy, so they know where to find her.