Stunningly obscene and cutting, but yes, one of the greatest, most unpredictable lines in film. The follow-up is what validates the original insult as he turns her pseudo-psychology back on her with the observation that if she doesn't get remarried, the son will have a cock in his mouth before long. In other words he'll imitate what he sees around him, a feminized world.
Can you picture one of these metro-sexual leading males of today being asked to read this line? Some swish like Matt Damon or George Clooney? They'd get the vapors and have their agent insist that the dialogue be changed. Newman may not have agreed with the sentiment that "Reggie Dunlop" was expressing, but he knew the line was a stunner and he delivered it like a champ.
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