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When Marge finds out from her friend that nice guy Mike is actually an unstable liar, she starts to question whether the “nice” Jerry might have similar secrets

mongol 5y ago
Ok, I never realized that. I think I need to see it again ...
jwilk 5y ago
Another theory is that the scene was included to support the impression that this is a "true story": https://www.indiewire.com/2016/06/fargo-ufo-meaning-explanation-noah-hawley-season-two-1201687564/ https://www.indiewire.com/2016/06/fargo-ufo-meaning-explanat... > the movie says, ‘This is a true story.’ They put it in there because it ‘happened.’
kkielhofner 5y ago
There's probably slightly more to this. When I was 10 years old my family moved from Chicago to a small town in Wisconsin. My dad commuted to the city four days a week and we still maintained many connections to Chicago. This town was about 90 minutes from Chicago (in the Midwest we don't measure travel in distance units, we use time). To this day I have friends in this town that literally haven't (ever) removed their keys from their car and leave it unlocked. People also leave the doors to their homes unlocked for extended periods of time. I imagine Brainerd was/is very much the same. Growing up I had many, many interactions with people who were amazed that not only did my dad travel to Chicago 4x a week, my entire family visited Chicago at least once a month. The reaction in this small town was something like "Wow, you went to CHICAGO last weekend!?!" Many of these people had never been to the world-class city that was 90 minutes away and easily accessible. Especially now, with the various high profile news stories coming out of Chicago (two police officers shot in the head in the last month[0], lots of gun violence, etc) the fear of "the big city" is pervasive (and somewhat understandably so). Many people view "the big city" as inherently vicious, wicked, evil, etc and again, somewhat understandably so (from their perspective) especially considering other random acts of violence [1]. That said, having never been there Chicago seems so distant and otherwordly that it might as well be Kabul. Many people (quite literally) view Chicago as a war zone. Needless to say, violence and crime to this level are (essentially) complete unheard of in small town life. I think the trip to Minneapolis to visit an old classmate reminded Marge of the "wickedness" and "evil" that exists in the world and caused her to reframe her thinking and approach to people and what they are capable of even though she had just seen the bodies of multiple people who had been murdered. Especially considering that even as a police officer Mike was able to successfully hide the darker portions of his life from Marge in their brief interaction even though most people would know immediately that something wasn't right with him. Marge likely had a realization that her "small town" perspective (and resulting approach to interviews, investigation, etc) needed to be re-framed. This can be seen in her subsequent interview with Jerry where she is much more aggressive and skeptical. [0] https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-2-officers-shot-west-englewood-20210808-ynzwgfvclzg4lgmlbsffv5peci-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-2-officers-s... [1] https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chase-bank-teller-stabbed-in-downtown-chicago-attack-has-died-medical-examiner/2605127/ https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chase-bank-teller-stab...
- mongol 5y ago
  Here is the scene of that interview. That is some stellar acting! https://youtu.be/u4Je2WxsqWA https://youtu.be/u4Je2WxsqWA
Vaslo 5y ago
Never realized and I’ve probably seen this movie 100 times. I suspect there may have been a little scene that connected the two more explicitly but may have been cut. Great information - I’ll go to Pancakes House now.

mongol 5y ago

Ok, I never realized that. I think I need to see it again ...

jwilk 5y ago

Another theory is that the scene was included to support the impression that this is a "true story": https://www.indiewire.com/2016/06/fargo-ufo-meaning-explanation-noah-hawley-season-two-1201687564/ https://www.indiewire.com/2016/06/fargo-ufo-meaning-explanat... > the movie says, ‘This is a true story.’ They put it in there because it ‘happened.’

kkielhofner 5y ago

There's probably slightly more to this. When I was 10 years old my family moved from Chicago to a small town in Wisconsin. My dad commuted to the city four days a week and we still maintained many connections to Chicago. This town was about 90 minutes from Chicago (in the Midwest we don't measure travel in distance units, we use time). To this day I have friends in this town that literally haven't (ever) removed their keys from their car and leave it unlocked. People also leave the doors to their homes unlocked for extended periods of time. I imagine Brainerd was/is very much the same. Growing up I had many, many interactions with people who were amazed that not only did my dad travel to Chicago 4x a week, my entire family visited Chicago at least once a month. The reaction in this small town was something like "Wow, you went to CHICAGO last weekend!?!" Many of these people had never been to the world-class city that was 90 minutes away and easily accessible. Especially now, with the various high profile news stories coming out of Chicago (two police officers shot in the head in the last month[0], lots of gun violence, etc) the fear of "the big city" is pervasive (and somewhat understandably so). Many people view "the big city" as inherently vicious, wicked, evil, etc and again, somewhat understandably so (from their perspective) especially considering other random acts of violence [1]. That said, having never been there Chicago seems so distant and otherwordly that it might as well be Kabul. Many people (quite literally) view Chicago as a war zone. Needless to say, violence and crime to this level are (essentially) complete unheard of in small town life. I think the trip to Minneapolis to visit an old classmate reminded Marge of the "wickedness" and "evil" that exists in the world and caused her to reframe her thinking and approach to people and what they are capable of even though she had just seen the bodies of multiple people who had been murdered. Especially considering that even as a police officer Mike was able to successfully hide the darker portions of his life from Marge in their brief interaction even though most people would know immediately that something wasn't right with him. Marge likely had a realization that her "small town" perspective (and resulting approach to interviews, investigation, etc) needed to be re-framed. This can be seen in her subsequent interview with Jerry where she is much more aggressive and skeptical. [0] https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-2-officers-shot-west-englewood-20210808-ynzwgfvclzg4lgmlbsffv5peci-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-2-officers-s... [1] https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chase-bank-teller-stabbed-in-downtown-chicago-attack-has-died-medical-examiner/2605127/ https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chase-bank-teller-stab...

mongol 5y ago
Here is the scene of that interview. That is some stellar acting! https://youtu.be/u4Je2WxsqWA https://youtu.be/u4Je2WxsqWA

Vaslo 5y ago

Never realized and I’ve probably seen this movie 100 times. I suspect there may have been a little scene that connected the two more explicitly but may have been cut. Great information - I’ll go to Pancakes House now.