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IBS introduced very late.

posted 17 years ago by PrickWithAFork
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I thought it was amateurish how, half way through the movie but immediately before a humorous plot point involving pancake's IBS, we find out he suffers from the condition. Should this not have been introduced earlier, or at least hinted at? It was like they thought of the tunnel/detonator gag but then thought they'd better shoehorn in an introduction to the IBS in the preceding scene.

And that is a paragraph I never thought I'd write.

My body makes no moan
But sings on:
All things remain in God.

[–] punkrocks91 16 years ago

I agree, they should have maybe hinted at it, but he first reveals it when he's in the casino. If that is the first time he is affected by it around them, why would he have brought it up before? IBS isn't something people go around sharing about

[–] JayKlook 16 years ago

It is hinted at before that. There's the scene where he's talking to Gawain, and he suddenly stops, and you hear his stomach churn. Then it passes and he just continues talking.

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Osbourne Cox? I thought you might be worried... about the security... of your shi+.

[–] nolanfincher 14 years ago

It's is first hinted when he is telling Gawain about how he came to Missisippi in Grey hound buses..

[–] darlene-soze 13 years ago

I've got IBS and it's not something I go around telling everyone about. There are quite a few employees where I work and my boss is the only one who knows I have it. Like Mr. Pancake, most of the time I'm fine, but when it hits....

"What are we supposed to use? Harsh language?"

[–] stanleyhetz 12 years ago

I thought it was amateurish how, half way through the movie but immediately before a humorous plot point involving pancake's IBS, we find out he suffers from the condition. Should this not have been introduced earlier, or at least hinted at? It was like they thought of the tunnel/detonator gag but then thought they'd better shoehorn in an introduction to the IBS in the preceding scene.

Garth Pancake didn't chose to have IBS!