A moment I can't forget is Peter Richardson as Al Pacino in The Comic Strip Presents' episode 'The Strike.' The writer has scripted a lengthy impassioned speech and the Hollywood superstar dismisses it with:
'I can say all that by the way I stand.'
At what point did movies run away from words? Maybe when Hollywood's Golden Age European émigré / refugee writers left the scene.
Anyhow, a classic, and thank goodness it's on Youtube:
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In my 45 years in the US, I noticed that most people do not actually listen to conversations. Rather, they listen to a single thing and begin their response.
It's one of the reasons why puns are and double entendres are not popular.
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