Three carved theatrical masks in black, charcoal and pale grey show different degrees of frowning against slate.

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Greg

Dharma, I love your family very much. But my father is going to bludgeon your father to death with a brick, and I’m going to let him.

— Dharma & Greg · 1997

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

Greg professes love for Dharma’s family before predicting that his father will beat her father to death with a brick and saying he will permit it. The abrupt turn states violent hostility, not a harmless family disagreement or an event known to occur.

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