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What 'particular reason' does . . . .

posted 11 years ago by hockeyhrs
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. . . . . Ralph Meeker have for picking Garrett Morris for the job of going from "the adjacent building onto the rooftop of the subject building, and driving the subjects out"?

No special skills of Morris' character (or his 5-man team) are mentioned in this conversation, but the expression on Morris' face and the inflection to his voice suggests that Morris knows what Meeker is getting at without Meeker having to say anything explicitly. i.e., Was there something about race and/or affirmative action being subtly implied, or am I reading more into this than is really there?

[–] fcasnette 11 years ago

Maybe you are - the thing I got from this scene was Morris' great face as Meeker explained the abseiling to be done at that height. I thought maybe the comedian was hired for this bit of "business" of the horror/comedic expression? First time I saw the film I thought he was Wesley Snipes! :)

[–] lwi101 11 years ago

Morris was a Sargeant in the tactical patrol force, TPF, , more or less the NYPD SWAT team. I forget how that is shown, but it was obvious to me, having grown up in ny back then. Its been a while since I saw the movie, but I think Meeker says something like get me TPF, and you see Morris with an TPF collar device, or something like that. On one hand non New Yorkers wouldn't know that, but really all you need to know is that they are the cops with the grappling hooks.

lou

[–] profbrane 10 years ago

I saw the movie in the theater when it was originally released. I don't remember exactly but the police captain mentioned Morris' ape-like characteristics as making him suitable for the job. That was the one and only time I heard that line and it has since been removed from the movie.