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Daniel Lundsten

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Dec 29, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/29/98
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In Mallrats, actor Jason Lee carries a papermug almost all the time.

Whats the point of this? Is it beverage in it? or is there to just look
cool?

netweasel

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Dec 29, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/29/98
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Daniel Lundsten wrote in message ...

>In Mallrats, actor Jason Lee carries a papermug almost all the time.
>
>Whats the point of this? Is it beverage in it? or is there to just look
>cool?
>


This was a nod to Walt Flanagan. Kevin said he could make a cup of soda last
forever.

meltdown

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Dec 29, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/29/98
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I believe I read that one of Kevin's friends used to do that. So he threw
it in the movie.

Jedi4585

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Dec 30, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/30/98
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>I believe I read that one of Kevin's friends used to do that. So he threw
>it in the movie.

I know that, but what reason did Brodie have to carry it around? I know why
Kevin Smith put it in the movie, but what was its purpose in the movie itself?


Andrew Petrowsky

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Dec 30, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/30/98
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netweasel wrote:

> Daniel Lundsten wrote in message ...
> >In Mallrats, actor Jason Lee carries a papermug almost all the time.
> >
> >Whats the point of this? Is it beverage in it? or is there to just
> look
> >cool?
> >
>

> This was a nod to Walt Flanagan. Kevin said he could make a cup of
> soda last
> forever.

Ok, Who the hell IS Walt Flanagan?! I've watched all the movies dozens
of times and other than references to his dog, I haven't gotten anything
else on Walt Flanagan. Is he a friend of Kevins?

Also, for the plot, he carried that around to get complimentary refills
at the food court (or any autonomous unit for mid-mall snacking). At
least, that's what I got from it.

Andy


netweasel

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Dec 30, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/30/98
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He's a good friend of Kevin and an extra in many of the films.

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X mr 44 X

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Dec 30, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/30/98
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>I know that, but what reason did Brodie have to carry it around? I know why
>Kevin Smith put it in the movie, but what was its purpose in the movie
>itself?

kevin put that in just as a little injoke reference to his friend walt...by the
way..walt is a friend of kevin...he played the shell shocked guidance counselor
and the offended customer in clerks...he was fan-boy walt and a staff member
fired by svenning in mallrats...i'm not sure offhand if he was in chasing amy
or not...he also works at the secret stash....just offering some
answers....skott

Knight Alpha

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Dec 30, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/30/98
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the guy who walt the fanboy and who owns krypto got his name from?
kewl

coke no ice

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John Allen

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Dec 30, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/30/98
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Walt Flanagan is one of kevins friends, and he appears in his movies. He
played one of the comic shop guys in mallrats, and had a few roles in
Clerks, including the egg smashing guidance counsellor.

John

Andrew Petrowsky <amp...@primary.net> wrote in message
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>netweasel wrote:
>
>> Daniel Lundsten wrote in message ...
>> >In Mallrats, actor Jason Lee carries a papermug almost all the time.
>> >
>> >Whats the point of this? Is it beverage in it? or is there to just
>> look
>> >cool?
>> >
>>
>> This was a nod to Walt Flanagan. Kevin said he could make a cup of
>> soda last
>> forever.
>

Jedi4585

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Dec 30, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/30/98
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>kevin put that in just as a little injoke reference to his friend walt...by
>the
>way..walt is a friend of kevin...he played the shell shocked guidance
>counselor
>and the offended customer in clerks...he was fan-boy walt and a staff member
>fired by svenning in mallrats...i'm not sure offhand if he was in chasing amy
>or not...he also works at the secret stash....just offering some
>answers....skott

Yes, yes, but leaving the real world aside, what did BRODIE use it for? I
doubt that little cup could make thirst go away.

Jedi4585

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Dec 30, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/30/98
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>Also, for the plot, he carried that around to get complimentary refills
>at the food court (or any autonomous unit for mid-mall snacking). At
>least, that's what I got from it.
>
>Andy

Thank you.

X mr 44 X

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Dec 31, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/31/98
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>Yes, yes, but leaving the real world aside, what did BRODIE use it for?

to hold soda

>I
>doubt that little cup could make thirst go away.

filled multiple times it could...besides it may well just be something to sip
on...not necesarily (sp?) to quench thirst

skott

Knight Alpha

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Dec 31, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/31/98
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Accept the fact that it is a pointless fucking injoke by kevin to a mate of
his.
No real point in the film but a laugh for those who understand it

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Jedi4585 wrote in message <19981230124029...@ng-ch1.aol.com>...


>>kevin put that in just as a little injoke reference to his friend
walt...by
>>the
>>way..walt is a friend of kevin...he played the shell shocked guidance
>>counselor
>>and the offended customer in clerks...he was fan-boy walt and a staff
member
>>fired by svenning in mallrats...i'm not sure offhand if he was in chasing
amy
>>or not...he also works at the secret stash....just offering some
>>answers....skott
>

>Yes, yes, but leaving the real world aside, what did BRODIE use it for? I

Travis Sharp

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Dec 31, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/31/98
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Jedi4585 wrote:

> Yes, yes, but leaving the real world aside, what did BRODIE use it for? I
> doubt that little cup could make thirst go away.

Remember that good directors & writers often give their characters "quirks" to
flesh them out & make them more like real people- like that buddy of yours that
puts chocolate sauce on tuna, or the girl that hates the sound of the word
"luge". It adds verisimilitude, the appearance of reality, to a work of fiction.
If everything Brodie did was done to further the movie plot, he would be a very
flat, two-dimensional character.

Brodie can make a cup of coffee last forever because… that's just Brodie. It's
part of his character. There's no higher motive.

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hear people screaming inside and because people who went in never came out. Later
on we found out it was just a murderer's house.

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Knight Alpha

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Jan 1, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/1/99
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it wasnt coffee it was a soda!

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Han Solo

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Jan 8, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/8/99
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Walt is one of the acters and a close friend to kevins if you want to
learn more go to http://www.viewaskew.com


^HanSolo^

On Wed, 30 Dec 1998 01:13:26 -0600, Andrew Petrowsky
<amp...@primary.net> wrote:

>netweasel wrote:
>
>> Daniel Lundsten wrote in message ...
>> >In Mallrats, actor Jason Lee carries a papermug almost all the time.
>> >
>> >Whats the point of this? Is it beverage in it? or is there to just
>> look
>> >cool?
>> >
>>
>> This was a nod to Walt Flanagan. Kevin said he could make a cup of
>> soda last
>> forever.
>
>Ok, Who the hell IS Walt Flanagan?! I've watched all the movies dozens
>of times and other than references to his dog, I haven't gotten anything
>else on Walt Flanagan. Is he a friend of Kevins?
>

JHSpooky

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Jan 12, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/12/99
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>Yes, yes, but leaving the real world aside, what did BRODIE use it for?
>I doubt that little cup could make thirst go away.

He used it to drink. As seen in various scenes he got refills at at least one
vendor at the food court.


EyE_SaW

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Jan 13, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/13/99
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he tried to shannon intervened
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