Original artwork, not a still
It's not "show friends." It's show business.
— Jerry Maguire • 1996
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The familiar name of an industry is used to settle which priority belongs in it. Replacing business with friends briefly exposes the expectation being rejected. The correction makes commercial interests sound built into the very name, without describing the particular decision that prompted the remark.
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