A grinning black and lime paper mask on a purple puddle with its smiling reflection.

Original artwork, not a still

Luther Stickell

I'm going to miss being disreputable.

— Mission: Impossible ‧ 1996

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker looks ahead to leaving a shady way of life and admits some fondness for it. Calling it 'disreputable' with a note of nostalgia turns a bad reputation into a small pleasure, suggesting respectability may be safer but also duller and less fun.

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