Original artwork, not a still
Homicide, sweet homicide.
— Homicide: Life on the Street · 1993
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker twists the familiar phrase about a sweet home by putting homicide in its place. Affection and grimness sit together, suggesting a dark familiarity, as though violent death were somewhere one settles into with a wry sort of comfort.
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