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Hi. How are you? My name's Elliot, and I'm with the Cub Scouts of America. We're... we're selling uncut cocaine to get to the jamboree.
— Elliot · True Romance
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The introduction adopts the language of a scout fundraiser, then names cocaine as the product being sold. The collision between a wholesome institutional claim and an illicit commodity creates the joke. Hesitation in the wording makes the incongruous sales pitch especially conspicuous.
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