Elegance and filth; superficial and profound; classic and vulgar

Virginia 2022-09-12 22:21:38

This is my favorite episode so far.

Before and after, I wanted to write ta too many times, I can't remember it, and every time I didn't have the courage and confidence. Is it that serious? After all, it's not an American drama. What makes it just an American drama is its form, broadcasting platform, and era. In my mind, if it was put on the stage a few decades ago, it would be "Tea House", and if it was put on a text from a century ago, it would be Pride and Prejudice, Hamlet.

"Tea House" shows the rise and fall of a century in front of the audience, with makeup, stage art, lighting, and lines. "Century Tavern" infiltrates the rise and fall of a century through the words of others after drinking. It is vivid and breathtaking. The fixed shooting of a single camera, the expression and language presentation only relying on facial details, the incest drama involving three families is about to come out, temptation, hesitation, self-remorse and disgust, contempt and hatred of others, understanding and tolerance follow the protagonist's eloquent words, Like flowing down a babbling brook and merging into a turbulent waterfall, this artistic feeling is a classic handed down, whether it is "just" an American sitcom or not.

To this day, I still feel powerless to interpret the episodes, and any interpretation makes me feel one-sided.

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Horace and Pete quotes

  • Leon: It's sad that it's so hard to show your feelings when you really want to.

  • Horace: You alright? What's up?

    Zach: I was charged $4.50 fro a Budweiser and that guy was charged $3. Just not sure why the discrepancy?

    Horace: He's been coming here a long time.

    Zach: So is that a privilege for just that one guy?

    Horace: Some people pay $4.50 and some people pay $3.

    Zach: Ok. How do you decide that? Is there like a list?

    Horace: If he looks like him he pays $3 and if he looks like you he pays $4.50.

    Zach: So just out and out discrimination? Are you aware how unfair and totally not okay that is?

    Horace: Here's the thing. You're getting more for your money than he is.

    Zach: How so?

    Horace: Because, well see you come in here and you make fun of the place because it's an old Brooklyn dive bar. So you and your friends get to enjoy that part of it and also you get to have a beer. But he just gets the beer. See, you're here ironically. But he's really here because he just sleeps on the corner.

    Zach: So it's like a douche tax?

    Horace: Yeah, kinda.

    Zach: Acceptable.

    Horace: Ok