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"Deporables" defined (spoilers)

posted 4 years ago by EsmeJai (171)
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This was a great movie about how not to take words literally. I must admit, I actually thought there was a physical killing spree going on at Athena's place. Then, later in the movie, when she said that people have the tendency to take words literally, I wondered what the word "deplorables" actually meant at a metaphorical level. I assume it's a word that she'd used casually with her friends in the past, and that her friend group knew the actual meaning of the word.

I equate the words "kill some deplorables "with the words "kill our sorrow/ woes". It could also mean "drown our sorrows".

Does anybody have a different interpretation? Just curious...

[–] ExTechOp (2770) 4 years ago

Doubt it.

It's not a bad theory but I think it complicates the plot unnecessarily.

It makes sense that they were talking about an actual Hunt as a joke, something they wish they could get away with.

Then they did it for real as a form of poetic revenge: "if we get fired for pretending to hunt you, then we'll actually hunt you."

I don't think it adds anything for them to have been speaking in metaphor instead of fantasy.

[–] EsmeJai (171) 4 years ago

@ ExTechOp

Ah... that makes sense. Thanks for pointing it out to me. =)