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You came out here city slickers, you're gonna go home cowboys.
— Clay Stone • City Slickers
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker promises a group of inexperienced city visitors that their time roughing it will transform them into something tougher and more capable by the time they head home. It frames the coming experience as a rite of passage that reshapes identity through hardship.
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