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Anyone else would have left you by now but I'm sticking with you. And if I have to ride your ass like Zorro, you're gonna show me the money.
— Rod Tidwell ‧ Jerry Maguire
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Sticking with someone is presented as a contrast to what other people would do. The promise of support comes with a demand for results, making loyalty and pressure part of the same speech. The closing insistence on money gives that claimed commitment a concrete condition the listener must answer.
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