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11-10-2004, 07:11 PM
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Re: Pulp Fiction Briefcase
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Main entry: pedantic bore Function: insult Definition: Sponger15SB [/ QUOTE ] get a [censored] clue man. http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mpulpfiction.html [/ QUOTE ] Being right is an insufficient defence to a charge of pedantry. [/ QUOTE ]you should have said this Ilya. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] 
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11-11-2004, 02:48 AM
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Re: Pulp Fiction Briefcase
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Main Entry: McGuffin Function: noun Definition: in film, a plot device that has no specific meaning or purpose other than to advance the story; any situation that motivates the action of a film either artificially or substantively; also written MacGuffin [/ QUOTE ] I concur, as has QT on numerous occaisions. P.S. If you think it's marsellus's soul; #1 Why is it glowing? #2 Why did Brad and the boys have it? #3 WTF is it doing in a suitcase? #4 Get a clue.
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#5
11-11-2004, 02:50 AM
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Re: Pulp Fiction Briefcase
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P.S. If you think it's marsellus's soul; #1 Why is it glowing? #2 Why did Brad and the boys have it? #3 WTF is it doing in a suitcase? #4 Get a clue. [/ QUOTE ] #1 souls glow, duh #2 they were obviously delivering it to the devil (666 pw) #3 how would you carry it?? #4 i actually don't believe this, it's clear that it's a mcguffin, but anyone could come up with answers to these questions.
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#6
11-11-2004, 02:54 AM
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Re: Pulp Fiction Briefcase
dude, the McGuffin answer is soooooo lame though, come on people, lets think here, what could it be? Maybe it contains Q's self control.
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#8
11-11-2004, 02:58 AM
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Re: Pulp Fiction Briefcase
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[ QUOTE ] P.S. If you think it's marsellus's soul; #1 Why is it glowing? #2 Why did Brad and the boys have it? #3 WTF is it doing in a suitcase? #4 Get a clue. [/ QUOTE ] #1 souls glow, duh #2 they were obviously delivering it to the devil (666 pw) #3 how would you carry it?? #4 i actually don't believe this, it's clear that it's a mcguffin, but anyone could come up with answers to these questions. [/ QUOTE ] #1 Some souls suck IN light, like a black hole. Not naming any names, but a certain owner in NY comes to mind... #2 Why would he have brad and the boys deliver it? Everyone knows the best person to have sell something to the devil is David Arquette.(does he STILL have BOTH a career AND Courtney?) #3 Soul Handbag #4 Bah on you.
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#10
11-11-2004, 03:06 AM
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Re: Pulp Fiction Briefcase
It's not really a MacGuffin because it doesn't function in a way that nothing else could equally well stand in for without further plot development.
A MacGuffin is an exposition deleter, a time saver and a plot cutter. The glowing briefcase deletes nothing, adds time and interest without explaining it rather than cuts it and glossing over it, and has no effect on the plot at all. The gangsters could just be owed money, pure and simple, and that would perform the identical function with no more work for the director and writer(same guy in this case) and no less clarity or drive to the story, and no less scenery to chew through in order to propel the story. It would even make more sense. A MacGuffin is a cheat, in a way. The glowing briefcase doesn't cut corners, it adds them in. What it is is a simple homage to the mysterious, unexplained glowing briefcase in Kiss Me Deadly.
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