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You're not quite evil enough. You're semi-evil. You're quasi-evil. You're the margarine of evil. You're the Diet Coke of evil, just one calorie, not evil enough.
— Dr. Evil · Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Dr. Evil insults someone by calling them a weaker version of evil. Comparisons with margarine and diet soda turn menace into a joke about substitutes. The repeated put-downs make being insufficiently wicked sound like a serious failure.
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