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The point of 'Raquel'

posted 8 years ago by esshor
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Raquel was such a useless unnecessary character. every line she spoke was just awkward as the actress seriously can't act.
so what was the point of including her? I really didn't understand

[–] purplebear17 8 years ago

She was the wolfs girlfriend.

[–] esshor 8 years ago

Oh.. wow. seriously?? didn't really get that impression much at all. all his lines spoken to her weren't at all said in a manner or tone that would've indicated an actual relationship between the two.
He spoke to her like she was the child of a well-known friend who he's known since birth, but not in a romantic way...

..Even still though, all her lines were acted so horribly awkwardly. like her lame "joke" about their outfits looking for they're headed to a volley ball game, or her retort that she has character.
horrible acting

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[–] DodgersRule 8 years ago

And I actually thought she was cute with Harvey Keitel.
Wasn't the actress also coming off of a cancer scare too?
Maybe it was just a bit of a part to get her back into the swing again.

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[–] rainstorm1 8 years ago

I honestly thought she was his daughter.....

[–] cheeso65 8 years ago

She's Monster Joe's daughter.

[–] HowYaLikeDemApplesWill 8 years ago

It's Pat

Whose idea was it for the word "Lisp" to have an "S" in it?

[–] eyeandeye-1 8 years ago

the actress seriously can't act.

describing her as an "Actress" is very generous!

I thought 'who is she related to or dating in the cast or production crew?' People say Tarantino is bad but he looks a top notch thespian compared to Raquel & I agree- she serves zero purpose, but that's kind of in keeping with the film imo, a few of the characters seemed like throwaway characters.

I also thought it was his daughter at first, as it sounded like she was costing him big money to put her through college but then he said something to the effect of "me and my gal" and I thought Oh, I see. There was zero rapport between the supposed lovers and it indeed looked even awkward between them, like plutonic friends trying to take it further!

[–] stevekaczynski 8 years ago

She had more lines in a deleted scene in which she tells the Wolf she misses him and never sees him and insists on having breakfast with him. I think she fleshes out the "regular guy" aspect of the Wolf (who likes a good cup of coffee even as he plots out the disposal of a dead body).

"Chicken soup - with a *beep* straw."

[–] purplebear17 8 years ago

can you find a link to that scene?

[–] stevekaczynski 8 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9k-CS4tb3g

According to Tarantino, he nearly kept this scene in.

"Chicken soup - with a *beep* straw."

[–] purplebear17 8 years ago

I like this scene and I liked the wolf the best in that scene.

[–] APDallas 8 years ago

She used to be married to the guy who played the gimp

[–] stevekaczynski 8 years ago

Perhaps in real life he lobbied for her to have a role with an articulacy and vigor that his film character the Gimp could not display.

"Chicken soup - with a *beep* straw."

[–] APDallas 8 years ago

I've often thought that

[–] Yukandueet 8 years ago

I Thought she was great! By the way, that was Julia Sweeney from Saturday Night Live. She was famous for her "It's Pat" character from the same program.

[–] information_police 8 years ago

Just because she's a useless unnecessary character doesn't mean she HAS character.

"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules. "
-Walter Sobchak

[–] bobbydallas (8056) 5 years ago

there was no such thing as useless characters in this story.. it was important to show that the Wolf was very well connected in order to solve problems.

he maintains the relationship with Joe by being civil with him, his daughter, and even knows the dog's name is Rex. after Joe's "favour" he buys Raquel breakfast meaning he himself is a man of great character.