Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Telling Phrases - "Zed's Dead Baby, Zed's Dead"

And if you don't know that I'm talking about Pulp Fiction, then I think it must be a generational thing. It was the movie playing on AMC (see previous post)and is a masterpiece in non linear storytelling. It is also stuffed to the gills with memorable phrases - both those that it generates and stealing left right and center from the bible to pop culture (Samuel L Jackson's character is talking about being cool and Fonz and uses correctomundo shortly after).
It is also fascinating as the actors are so synonymous with the characters - that I can't remember the names of Uma, John, Samuel, Bruce, Bjork, Roth, or the Arquette Girl (which is interesting in relation to blending theory - but not relevant here)
So telling phrase - why this one? Because of the rhyme. It means actually very little at this point in the movie - its just a closer. Get on the bike and stop asking questions. Lets go.

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