Original artwork, not a still
Life, the Universe and Everything · 1982
Ford looked angrily at him. “Will you listen?” he snapped. “I have been listening,” said Arthur, “but I’m not sure it’s helped.”
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
One character, irritated, demands that the other listen, and the reply comes with dry politeness: listening has been going on, but it hasn't done any good. The comedy lies in that mild frankness, which turns attentiveness into a failure of comprehension rather than of effort.
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