Palm Apodaca: Fantastic that you could figure that all out and lie that down on her so you could come up with a way to get your toast. Fantastic!
Dupea: Yeah, well, I didn’t get it, did I?
Palm Apodaca: No, but it was very clever. I would have just punched her out.
(Carole Eastman, Bob Rafelson, Five Easy Pieces, 1970)
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I don’t want to leave this utterly highly nuanced quotation unacknowledged—it’s just that I don’t know what to say after reading it. I feel like the last Russian nesting doll in the titles to Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy:
Here she is, watch for her @ 2:26
Outstanding. Also.