A friend of mine recently pointed out that whenever two adult males are having a conversation it inevitably goes one of two ways – sports talk or movie quotes. She seemed to view this a shortcoming based on our inability to share our deep emotions. My response….what deep emotions? Unless of course the Cardinals just lost in which case I’m virtually inconsolable.
Luckily I happen to be pretty good at interspersing movie quotes in conversation. I’ve got that going for me, which is nice. I can’t really say how many movie quotes I spew out in a day but I’m sure it’s quite a few. 220, 221 whatever it takes. My friends try to show me up but I like to think I generally get the best of them. There can be only one! BTW if you are a male between 30 and 45 you are now nodding your head and smiling. If you’re not then you really need a subscription to Netflix.
As I tried to explain to my friend, this is how we relate to one another. This type of personal communication is a lot like advertising. At some point you have to put the message in a way the audience is going to understand. And maybe it doesn’t make sense to everyone but that’s ok. I wasn’t trying to reach everyone. In the end the message doesn’t always have to be this buttoned-up Shakespearian English. Unless of course your target audience is English professors. Where would our culture be if Got Milk? had been Do you have any milk?
Andy, that is hilarious but so true. As a man very in touch with my emotions, sometimes more so that most men are comfortable with, I find that I often thrown down a quote when I feel I may have shared too much. BING! — 50% come from Groundhog Day. The GREATEST movie ever made – but a lot of Bill Murray movies fit into that category.
I love how you tied this all into advertising but I feel you need to broaden your demographic. I am 46, my brother 52 and he is usually the one to quote first.
BY far, this is the best thing I have read in a long time.