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Above the Rim

The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie

Move past what happens to you; They can’t erase what we were; Everything costs in here; comic alternatives

In the discussion (8)
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  • They can’t erase what we were, man is the opening best-quote choice.
  • Everything costs in here makes Birdie’s seductive offer explicitly transactional.
  • Bug’s anteater and weightlifting joke is another quote choice.
  • Flip’s pussy-without-the-hair insult is recalled as a favorite.
  • He’s playing ball without a ball is a favorite line.
  • Flip’s profane retort to someone looking for Shep is recalled as a widely repeated high-school insult, with the panel stressing the different era.
  • The Bombers championship/give-me-the-rock exchange is praised because its confrontational speaker has virtually no other introduction.
  • The separately announced literal-best-quote choice is the advice that people must move past what happens to them or stop moving altogether.