Showing posts with label Phil LaMarr. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Phil LaMarr. Show all posts

Monday, October 21, 2013

Brett and Marvin: Pulp Fiction and the (skill-testing) question


In this fifth installment exploring Pulp Fiction's treatment of redemption, we consider Jules' famous scene with Brett; he  had asked Brett if he knew why a Quarter Pounder with cheese was called a Royale with cheese in France. Brett proved he was a smart guy, figuring out that a Quarter Pounder with cheese can’t keep the same name in France… “because of the metric system” (“Check out the big brain on Brett…you’re a smart mothe…”) It was on the basis of his right answer that Jules could “lay his vengeance upon him” – because he should have known better