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Called Bananas because..

posted 18 years ago by DC1977
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...its referring to a Banana Republic perhaps?

I may be completely wrong, I haven't seen this film in years.

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[–] the_fvcking_park_ranger 18 years ago

available at discount prices, so incidentially are most of the women of san marcos

[–] murph24 16 years ago

San Marcos can also offer locusts of all races and creeds.

[–] jgroub 15 years ago

Actually he says they're available at "popular prices," which always threw me until I realized that that means discount.

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[–] Lempea 15 years ago

From Wikipedia: Banana republic is a pejorative term for a country that is politically unstable, dependent on limited agriculture (e.g. bananas), and ruled by a small, self-elected, wealthy, and corrupt clique.

So a banana republic does not necessarily export bananas. This is a generic slang term. If you like to an article, you could at least refer to it properly. Anyway this meaning completely explains the title.

[–] dehumanized 17 years ago

Apparently, according to Woody Allen, it's called BANANAS because there aren't any bananas in the movie. (They're discussed, not shown.) :)

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[–] [email protected] 16 years ago

And of course, 'bananas' is slang for crazy, which fits...

[–] sarahroxxor 16 years ago

yeah banana republic. its refering to poor third world countries whos only export and import are bananas.

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

[–] cytronimei 16 years ago

Actually I think the reason is (as the movies seems to be based on the book 'Don Quichote USA' by R. Powell)that in the book the main character Arthur Peabody Goodpasture wanted to grow Bananas on San Marcos.

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