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The Infamous Electric Carving Knife - A Moment of Levity
Phillip Dampier:
You really can't do more to wimp up someone than to show them cutting up the Thanksgiving turkey in giant wedges with an electric carving knife. Our Alma, in a relationship with probably the only guy in Wyoming who owned one of those things. (My grandfather owned one when they were trendy in the late 70s/early 80s - my father refused to go near it using colorful language to describe the machismo factor in even owning one.)
And they made sure we knew in the film by showing the Alpha Male Slamdown at the Twist house in a contrast. Let's get ready to slice, indeed!
SFEnnisSF:
So true, so true.
Kazza:
It is a moment of levity indeed. Needed after the tension of the previous scene.
On a more personal note it always makes me smile because my Mum owned one of those electric knives back in the 80s. Lord above, we needed ear plugs when she carved a roast. It also left the meat with a strange zig-zag pattern on it.
Technological advancement isn't always a good thing. :laugh:
Karen
Ed59:
Yes I remember my folks bought one of those things.And no my Dad would never use it!
That had to be in the mid 70s as I was still at home.
The scene with the electric knife did lighten things up a bit.
Ed
Katie77:
Well, I still have an electric carving knife, and if I hadnt had one for the last ten years, I would not have ever cooked a roast dinner, because I hated carving meat with just an ordinary knife.
I recently bought one for my mum, because we go over there for a roast dinner nearly every Sunday, but I must admit, I wont let her use it, as she is 80, and I worry that she wont be able to manouvre it without cutting off a finger or something......so when we go over for dinner, I take on the job of cutting the roast.....with the electric knife.......it is so quick eand easy......
.......I thought EVERYONE owned and used one.....and when I saw it in the movie, I thought that was a pretty common occurence....
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