A striped party hat sits atop a metal film canister above a crushed orange paper cup.

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Miranda

Wow! A guy who doesn't want to get married! Film at eleven!

— Sex and the City  ·  1998

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker feigns astonishment, announcing with a mock-news flourish that a man who doesn't want to marry has turned up. The sarcasm implies such men are hardly rare, and the 'film at eleven' tag mocks the idea that this deserves headlines.

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