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'The Great S&M Amusement Corp.'

posted 9 years ago by wrightpedros
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What a great name on the side of the carnival truck that pulled up behind Jan Sterling at the collapsed mine to set up shop: 'The Great S&M Amusement Corp.' A cheeky Billy Wilder gag, perhaps?

http://www.redbubble.com/people/magnus556/works/13819663-the-great-sandm-amusement-corp-ace-in-the-hole?grid_pos=33&p=t-shirt

[–] liberius 9 years ago

That was hilarious. And three trucks.

We assume S&M had the same common meaning then as it does now.

[–] ksf-2 8 years ago

sadly, link given by O-poster above is not currently valid.

[–] hobnob53 8 years ago

Of course the name was quite deliberate, a product of Wilder's cynicism and dark humor. It also flew right past most audiences in 1951 (most people didn't know what "S&M" stood for back then) and evidently the Hollywood censors as well, who were a bunch of idiots anyway.