Darcy James Argue wrote:
Mark,
Please. There's a rather important difference between Schwarzenegger
quoting one-liners from his own films, and quoting a line he never
actually said in any of his films -- one which in fact comes from a
Saturday Night Live parody of his outsized public persona.
What Schwarzenegger said would be like Dick Cheney unironically
punctuating a sentence with "waugh!", or Bill O'Reilly unironically
adding a fake fireplace to his set, and hanging a portrait of himself
holding a portrait of himself above it.
By "without a trace of irony or self-consciousness," I don't mean he
didn't use the phrase deliberately. Of course he did. But he betrayed no
awareness of the fact that "don't be a girlie-man" was originally a
catch-phrase intended to make fun of him.
It's funny you should say that, because when I saw the video clip of him
saying that phrase, I was definitely under the impression that he was
very aware (and betrayed that awareness) that the original phrase poked
fun at him.
I saw it before the days/weeks/months of spin/counterspin, and had never
seen the original, but from the expression in his face, it definitely
looked like he knew all the implications behind that remark.
--
David H. Bailey
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