The Sting (1973) watch along
Added 2025-05-30 12:05:01 +0000 UTCWhat else can I say... I loved it!
I left it all in my outro rambles cause I'm a touch busy today with 3, yes three, auditions I got within 5 minutes of each other! So, I'm off to the races😉
Enjoy this one and the Reaction!!!!
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ames
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Amalia Wolf
2025-06-02 01:06:44 +0000 UTCDelightful reaction, Ames, as usual. In the six months after this film came out, *everybody* was doing that finger-on-nose gesture to each other. I was in the 8th grade & hadn't seen the film, and it drove me crazy that I didn't understand what everyone was doing! IMO, a movie about a con isn't successful unless it also cons the audience. :) Of course I'm not going to endorse stealing alcohol, but if you must, then stealing champagne shows good taste. :D Some trivia: * The $500,000 they stole from Lonnegan is the equivalent of about $10,000,000 today. Quite a haul. (The $11,000 Luther & Hooker stole from the runner would have been about $220,000 in our money.) * Ray Walston, who played J.J., had a long and distinguished career that lasted for 60 years. He had great roles in both South Pacific (1958) and Damn Yankees (1958), and in during 1963-1966 he became famous as the titular character in the TV sitcom My Favorite Martian. He eventually had an irregularly recurring role as "Boothby" in some of the Star Trek series (at least TNG and Voyager) during the 1990s. * "All in" is a term used strictly in Texas Hold 'Em. Five-Card Draw (what they were calling "Straight Poker") has no such bet. * Straw hats were standard gentlemen's wear in the 1910s and early 1920s. The fact that the federal agents were wearing them in 1936 implies how conservative they all were: they're wearing clothes 10 years out of date. (Given the way that J. Edgar Hoover exercised control over the Bureau, it isn't surprising that so many of them dressed alike. Of course, *these* were fake agents, but that must have been the impression they were trying to convey.) * "Blue Plate Special" is a term dating back to the late 1800s and very common during the Depression, referring to a full meal you could get for a quarter ($5.00 in our money): "A square meal for two bits." Generally no substitutions were allowed, so it was very much hit-or-miss. (Miss, in this case, I guess...) * Tickers were common methods of conveying rapid information worldwide. The wire services such as Reuters and UPI used them, stock-market reports used them, etc. You could find them in private clubs, government offices, and in many businesses that depended on up-to-date information. I'm guessing that there was a dedicated ticker system for horse races and sporting events. * I think Gondorf's contention is that gin (unlike other spirits) tastes very similar when it is watered down as when it is full-strength. Thus, if you are trying to convince your "mark" that you are drunk, and you're drinking gin, if the mark tastes it he won't understand that you're not really drunk. (I've never heard this anywhere else, but this is what I assumed Gondorf means.)
Ken Schneyer
2025-06-01 19:04:42 +0000 UTCAmes, I loved this reaction so much I had to watch it again! What a delight it was, both times. :)
SteveW
2025-06-01 02:53:02 +0000 UTC
