What if David Mamet rewrote 2001: A Space Oddysey
(Warning: offensive language.)

  • Bowman: It’s just… how do I say this. These dead crewmembers.
  • Hal: I don’t follow you.
  • Bowman: These crewmembers here that were in cryogenic suspension. That are now dead.
  • Hal: Oh yes. That was self-defense.
  • Bowman: Hal, look at me. What am I, a f—ing idiot? They were in cryogenic suspension, for God’s sake.
  • Hal: They were coming at me with a knife. Extremely… slowly.

Dammit, Dave (Modern Humorist)

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