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Would people PLEASE stop throwing shoes at me?!
— John • Ally McBeal
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker is exasperated that people keep hurling shoes at them, and the capitalised PLEASE and the interrobang show strained patience. The comedy comes from treating an absurd, repeated indignity as a reasonable complaint, as though a polite request might finally end it.
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