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Look at you: member of the honor roll, assistant to the assistant manager of the movie theater. I’m tellin’ ya, Rat, if this girl can’t smell your qualifications, then who needs her, right?
— Mike Damone ‧ Fast Times at Ridgemont High
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker cheers a friend up by listing his accomplishments, honor roll and a junior theater job, and argues that if the girl cannot sense his worth, she is not worth having.
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