BEER Ch. 4 This Kind of Old-School Movie

[Dave Monroe]

   "'You know this kind of old-school movie where there's these two
kids are best friends and one grows up to be a priest and the other
turns out to be a mobster, well, that's Lucas and Justin. Only don't
ask which is which.'" (BE, Ch. 4, p. 38)


"'Direction of flow, in or out, don't matter, above a critical amount,
it's all bad.'"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_in,_garbage_out


"'like a couple of skateboarders together'"

In sociology, homosociality describes same-sex relationships that are
not of a romantic or sexual nature, such as friendship, mentorship, or
others. The opposite of homosocial is heterosocial, preferring
non-sexual relations with the opposite sex. In group relations
involving more than two individuals, the relation can be either
homosocial (involving same-sex social relations), bisocial involving
social relation with both sexes or heterosocial involving only
opposite sex.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosociality

Sedgwick, Eve Kosofsky.  Between Men:
   English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire.
   New York: Columbia UP, 1993.

http://www.cup.columbia.edu/book/978-0-231-08273-0/


"'this kind of old-school movie'"

Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029870/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nld4DcRHME0

Rocky Sullivan (James Cagney) and Jerry Connolly (Pat O'Brien) are
childhood friends who robbed a railroad car as kids. Rocky saved
Jerry's life during the chase by pulling him out of the way of a steam
train while running from the guards that saw them. Rocky was then
caught by the police, but Jerry - who could run faster - escaped.
Rocky, after being sent to reform school, grows up to become a
notorious gangster, while Jerry has become a priest.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels_with_Dirty_Faces

Thugs with Dirty Mugs (1939)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYgNu0r5pcI
http://looneytunes.wikia.com/wiki/Thugs_with_Dirty_Mugs
http://www.supercartoons.net/cartoon/760/thugs-with-dirty-mugs.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels_with_Dirty_Faces#In_popular_culture


"Surf Bunny Gazes at the Sea"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jFUHYUsFAA
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