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These people are members of the community that care about where they live. So what I hear when I’m being yelled at is people caring loudly at me.
— Leslie Knope • Parks and Recreation
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker interprets the community members yelling as evidence that they care about where they live. Calling it caring loudly turns an unpleasant encounter into something affirming. The humour rests on that generous reframing, with anger translated into a form of commitment rather than simply taken as hostility.
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