Comments on: The Wookie Always Wins http://sanchezkisser.com/blog/2010/03/04/the-wookie-always-wins/ Hey, What's That Over There? Mon, 26 Dec 2011 02:21:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Keith http://sanchezkisser.com/blog/2010/03/04/the-wookie-always-wins/#comment-83254 Keith Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:39:12 +0000 http://sanchezkisser.com/blog/?p=1555#comment-83254 It's interesting how some things just drop out of the collective consciousness. Dirty Harry was one of the first full blown memes to escape from pop culture into the world at large. Now it's an obscure reference. It’s interesting how some things just drop out of the collective consciousness. Dirty Harry was one of the first full blown memes to escape from pop culture into the world at large. Now it’s an obscure reference.

]]> By: JunkMonkey http://sanchezkisser.com/blog/2010/03/04/the-wookie-always-wins/#comment-83251 JunkMonkey Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:13:21 +0000 http://sanchezkisser.com/blog/?p=1555#comment-83251 A short while back I was teaching a drama class of teenage kids. They were smart kids, well motivated, bright and fun to work with. During one workshop I described a character we were 'developing' as being like 'Dirty Harry'. Blank looks. "You know? Like in the Dity Harry movies? ' Go on, punk, make my day...'?" Pause. "Clint Eastwood?" Nothing. Not a flicker of recognition. A short while back I was teaching a drama class of teenage kids. They were smart kids, well motivated, bright and fun to work with. During one workshop I described a character we were ‘developing’ as being like ‘Dirty Harry’.

Blank looks.

“You know? Like in the Dity Harry movies? ‘ Go on, punk, make my day…’?”

Pause.

“Clint Eastwood?”

Nothing. Not a flicker of recognition.

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