"Is the Holy Grail a MacGuffin?...." In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, no, because (spoiler alert) it cures Dr. Jones, Sr. from his wounds if not his Scottish accent."
“Brody's got friends in every town and village from here to the Sudan, he speaks a dozen languages, knows every local custom, he'll blend in, disappear, you'll never see him again. With any luck, he's got the grail already. "
"Is the Holy Grail a MacGuffin?...." In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, no, because (spoiler alert) it cures Dr. Jones, Sr. from his wounds if not his Scottish accent."
Good one!
Two addendums (addendumdums):
- Connery was only 12 years older than Ford when that was filmed!
- Tom Stoppard was largely responsible for how great that movie was:
https://www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jones-and-the-last-crusade-learning-from-stoppard/
“Brody's got friends in every town and village from here to the Sudan, he speaks a dozen languages, knows every local custom, he'll blend in, disappear, you'll never see him again. With any luck, he's got the grail already. "
Yes absolutely. I remember reading that in Hermione Lee's " Tom Stoppard: A life".
And what a life.
So, WMD in Iraq?
Yellowcake! Glows yellow in the briefcase!
this whole thing is brilliant
Dear Benjamin,
Great piece! Some of my faves from it:
“My life has a superb cast; I just can’t figure out the plot.”
— Ashleigh Brilliant
“My dear boy, forget about the motivation. Just say the lines and don’t trip over the furniture.”
— Noël Coward
“No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.”
— W.H. Auden
Thank you for sharing as always!
Love
Myq
Myq, huge kudos on this joke and your interactions with all the wonderful people who didn’t get it!
“Don’t hate the 1992 Tim Robbins movie.
Hate the 1997 Michael Douglas one.”
https://substack.com/@myqkaplan/note/c-206396917?r=457f&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
Thank you so much, my friend!