What was that speach the brother was listening to. I have not seen the movie in years and plan to rent it or something again, but I was wondering about that dedication speach laying on the record. Was a graduation speach? What was it and where can i hear it again? Thx
shareThe word is speech with two e's. It's not a fruit like peach.
According to wikipedia, the title, Goodbye, Columbus refers to a record Brenda's brother listens to about his years as an athlete at Ohio State University. In those days, they'd often press phonograph records of important live events. If I had to guess, it's the football coach making a speech to the team. Or the Dean at a commencement of some kind. Or graduation. It's difficult to say, I've not watched the film in so long.
The purpose of the speech is to emphasize that college graduation isn't the only marker for "growing up", a process many of whose steps (like the birth, blooming, and death of Brenda & Neil's relationship) have nothing to do with academia.
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