Original artwork, not a still
Would people PLEASE stop throwing shoes at me?!
— Ally McBeal • 1997
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker is exasperated that people keep hurling shoes at them, and the capitalised PLEASE and the interrobang show strained patience. The comedy comes from treating an absurd, repeated indignity as a reasonable complaint, as though a polite request might finally end it.
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