Original artwork, not a still
Alright, Martin. For your community service, you'll be setting up a midnight basketball program for inner city street gangs.
— The Simpsons ‧ 1989
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Martin is assigned to set up midnight basketball for inner-city street gangs as community service. The statement makes a substantial organising task sound like a straightforward allocation of duties. Its specificity gives the assignment force: it identifies both the activity and the people it must serve.
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