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This is U.S. History, I see the globe right there!
— Fast Times at Ridgemont High • 1982
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker points to a globe as evidence that this is U.S. History. The emphatic wording makes that connection sound obvious, even though an object is being used to settle a broader question. Its confident simplicity gives the declaration its comic force.
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