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I know that elsewhere on this blog my man White Socks has already espoused the virtues of Mr Tarantino's musical choices. Truly ridiculous the consistency with which he picks'em. However, I am going even more tangential with this blog. Is it even music related at all, I ask myself. Hmm well let's see. What I wanted to comment on was just how great the script is for Samuel L Jackson's character, Jules. Obvious I hear you cry, but have you re-watched the movie recently? I caught it by
accident on a late night re-run and was just captivated by Jules's dialogue. Seriously, there are just no wasted words when it comes to his patter. Now, clearly one of the things that made the movie, and Tarantino himself, so revered is the dialogue. It is inspired and entered the vernacular and pop cultural fabric almost immediately, along with the film's styling, ad campaign, in fact virtually everything about it. Revolutionary to the extent of us maybe being flippant about its touches of genius. But just go back and listen to Jules to remind yourself how many classic lines he throws out. Example at the end of the film when Vincent and Jules are discussing the day's events over breakfast:
VINCENT: Want a sausage?
JULES: Naw, I don't eat pork.
VINCENT: Are you Jewish?
JULES: I ain't Jewish man, I just don't dig on swine.
VINCENT: Why not?
JULES: They're filthy animals. I don't eat filthy animals.
VINCENT: Sausages taste good. Pork chops taste good.
JULES: A sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie. I'll never know 'cause even if it did, I wouldn't eat the filthy motherfucker. Pigs sleep and root in shit. That's a filthy animal. I don't wanna eat nothin' that ain't got enough sense to disregard its own faeces.
Then I thought, is there a musical link, and it struck me clear as day. Fatlip on Bizarre Ride. Again, hardly a wasted word, phrase or verse. Genius also, in it's own way.
accident on a late night re-run and was just captivated by Jules's dialogue. Seriously, there are just no wasted words when it comes to his patter. Now, clearly one of the things that made the movie, and Tarantino himself, so revered is the dialogue. It is inspired and entered the vernacular and pop cultural fabric almost immediately, along with the film's styling, ad campaign, in fact virtually everything about it. Revolutionary to the extent of us maybe being flippant about its touches of genius. But just go back and listen to Jules to remind yourself how many classic lines he throws out. Example at the end of the film when Vincent and Jules are discussing the day's events over breakfast:
VINCENT: Want a sausage?
JULES: Naw, I don't eat pork.
VINCENT: Are you Jewish?
JULES: I ain't Jewish man, I just don't dig on swine.
VINCENT: Why not?
JULES: They're filthy animals. I don't eat filthy animals.
VINCENT: Sausages taste good. Pork chops taste good.
JULES: A sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie. I'll never know 'cause even if it did, I wouldn't eat the filthy motherfucker. Pigs sleep and root in shit. That's a filthy animal. I don't wanna eat nothin' that ain't got enough sense to disregard its own faeces.
Then I thought, is there a musical link, and it struck me clear as day. Fatlip on Bizarre Ride. Again, hardly a wasted word, phrase or verse. Genius also, in it's own way.
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