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It's odd, I suppose, but as a kid who grew up in America immersed in Hollywood movies ... we also recited movies to each other. I'm in my 50s and have a friend
by sverige 8y ago
It's odd, I suppose, but as a kid who grew up in America immersed in Hollywood movies ... we also recited movies to each other.
I'm in my 50s and have a friend who has uncles and cousins in the Colombo family of the Mafia. We would crack each other up at work by saying lines from The Godfather during boring meetings.
- ptaipale 8y agoCiting lines from movies is perhaps a bit different. Well-known movies have for decades been a part of building culture (national and international). For instance, I notice I regularly reference a pacifist war movie (from 1955, with two re-makes) that everyone here has seen (and most have read the novel the movies are based on), and at least most men know the dialogue well enough to understand the reference. Perhaps it's part of building cohesion: a reference to history that is shared by all.