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Hey, let's go smoke a joint on the fifty fuckin' yard line in memory of those glory days.
— Slater ‧ Dazed and Confused
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Slater proposes remembering a celebrated past through an action tied to the precise place associated with it. The fifty-yard line gives the tribute a setting, while the invitation makes remembrance something to do together. Nostalgia is expressed as a plan rather than a description of what once happened.
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