Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Two words of deadpan, and the cue for Jake's war cry: 'I hate Illinois Nazis.' It works because it is so specific, a comedy-blues duo picking the most hateable group imaginable and then following through with a car. The line is a permanent meme, quoted whenever an actual far-right group turns up somewhere, with the Bluesmobile's punishment as the template.
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In context
Spoilers for The Blues BrothersShow the scene
In The Blues Brothers (1980), Jake and Elwood are driving across Chicago to find the next member of their band when they run into a crowd and a police cordon. A policeman tells them the neo-Nazi party won its court case and is marching today. Elwood supplies the label, and Jake answers that he hates Illinois Nazis. The march is on a bridge in Jackson Park, and Elwood drives them straight at it, forcing the marchers off the bridge into the lagoon.
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- Wikiquote: The Blues BrothersDialogue, policeman sceneReference checked
- Wikipedia: The Blues Brothers (film)PlotReference checked
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