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The Infamous Electric Carving Knife - A Moment of Levity
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: sfericsf on May 13, 2008, 04:10:52 pm ---For some reason I figured it was battery operated. This was the first time I seen it plugged into an extension cord running from the kitchen. :laugh:
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How 'bout that! I never thought to look for the cord, but then the issue never occurred to me because the eletric carving knife my mom and dad had was "plug-in."
serious crayons:
I just reread this thread. Gosh, we all sure were (are?) brilliant. And still making astute observations about subtle meanings in the movie -- nearly two and a half years after it came out. Amazing. What an education this place has been.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on November 24, 2011, 12:20:50 pm ---I just reread this thread. Gosh, we all sure were (are?) brilliant. And still making astute observations about subtle meanings in the movie -- nearly two and a half years after it came out. Amazing. What an education this place has been.
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Almost scary: As I just read through this thread, I kept thinking how smart we all sounded and decided that when I got to the end I would post a comment saying something to that effect. Then I come to the end and find I said just that a year ago! :laugh:
I do miss having something to analyze in this depth in the company of such brilliant analysts. :-*
Marge_Innavera:
I've been puzzled all along that using an electric knife was so execrable; something akin to farting at the table. :laugh:
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Marge_Innavera on November 23, 2012, 10:07:28 pm ---I've been puzzled all along that using an electric knife was so execrable; something akin to farting at the table. :laugh:
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I don't agree with that analogy or the adjective. It's not like some kind of social faux pas or obnoxious habit reflecting lack of refinement. On the contrary, it seems overly civilized -- a fussy, complicated instrument designed to save a miniscule amount of muscular effort when doing what a plain classic tool (i.e., a knife) could do just as well. In BBM parlance, it's a regular knife's citified cousin. It's like washing clothes in a sink on one of them fancy washboards Alma uses, vs. washing them in the river.
That and its symbolism as a vibrator, underscoring Monroe's status as Alma's second-best replacement for Ennis.
I say this about its meaning in the movie, not its meaning in real life. My family had an electric knife and although it seemed slightly overkill I never thought that much about it. It was just a trend in that era, along with pet rocks.
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