Fargo

[LBernier at tribune.com]

J. writes re: Fargo
     
     And the scene where the lady police-woman/detective (it's been months 
     since the film came to my part of the country, I can't recall her 
     name anymore, doh) meets her old Japanese friend in the bar and he 
     breaks down: ought one laugh, or feel pity? 
     

This scene is particularly funny if you understand the mindset of your typical 
Minnesotan of Scandinavian descent.  As ANY unseemly display of emotion is 
verboten, her friend's outburst is unbearably uncomfortable for her - and 
she shows it so well in her face.  I was almost on the floor during that 
scene, but I finally DID fall off my chair later when she's relating it on 
the phone to her friend and all she can say is "You doan't saey!" over and 
over again.

Jean, the honorary Midwestern Swede