
Original artwork, not a still
He hates these cans! Stay away from the cans!
— The Jerk ‧ 1979
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker issues an urgent, frantic warning: someone hates these cans, so everyone must keep away from them. The repetition and exclamation marks make the danger sound enormous, while the object of dread is absurdly ordinary.
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