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View submission: Podrassic Cast: Jaws with Timothy Simons
Brody pulling his shirt up to show them *his* scar, only to sheepishly put it away again without saying anything.
Does he think it's not impressive enough? Does he not want to tell the story because it's why he left the city? Who knows!
Also the bit before Hooper comes to dinner where his kid mimicks him at the table gets me every time.
Comment by J_Strange at 19/01/2025 at 09:53 UTC
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I've always taken it (maybe I read it somewhere) that Brody's scar is from like an appendectomy or something, so he realizes that Quint and Hooper have him beat 7 ways to Sunday in the manly scar contest. Just a great show don't tell moment.
Comment by woodsdone at 19/01/2025 at 22:55 UTC*
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Only during a recent watch (and maybe the first one I’ve done that wasn’t as a teenager on cable) did I pick up on the Brody undercurrent of “I left the big city to avoid this stuff”
So while previously I interpretered the scene as “I don’t have a good scar” I think it’s much more interesting to make it “I got shot and have a scar from it but it’s too real for me to joke about even during this intimate moment”