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Where’s it gone? Where’s the thump-thump?
— Jack Sparrow • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker repeatedly asks where the “thump-thump” has gone, using a childlike sound for a heart or heartbeat. The wording turns an urgent search into something comically simple, expressing bafflement at the absence of something expected to be there.
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