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I so love a musical number. Fetch me an insurance salesman. I want to torment someone.
— Satan ‧ Animaniacs
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker moves from delight in a musical number to demanding an insurance salesman to torment. Appreciation and cruelty sit side by side without hesitation. The oddly specific target gives the abrupt change its comic sting, making malice sound like the next entertainment request.
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