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why do so many people say "gee wiz"


I mean the mf word///its mf this mf that.

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I'm reminded of a story the screenwriter Robert Towne told about pushback he received for the profanity-filled script for The Last Detail, in particular the heavy use of a certain word (similar to "rooster sucker"). His point was that the characters in The Last Detail used this word as a grotesque display of power, but what it showed about them was that they were powerless.

Tales of the Grim Sleeper is a story about people who are powerless.

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I just watched The Seven Five about NYCPD and it sounded like if Andrew Dice Clay did a patch-up job on Goodfellas or something. Lot's of four letters words (the F mainly) slung about every sentence. It was interesting to see that both movies had people in different coasts & different works of life both having this in common.

drew

I'm a person just like you
But I've got better things to do
- Minor Threat

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