David Mahlan
Stunt Coordinator
- Joined
- Jun 2, 2005
- Messages
- 63
I agree on all three of your points, Mike. I was quite clear that I thought it was an unfortunate combination of overlapping phrases that sounded strikingly like the offending word - quite different from stating that the word was actually said.Mike Frezon said:Joe: You need to read the posts in this thread a little more closely--especially mine.
Nowhere did I write that I believed the phrase was used in the film. Just that after listening, I could certainly understand why the OP started the thread. I wholeheartedly believe that it was a strange circumstance in the editing mix which has lead to the mondegreen which has been under discussion here.
And as for whether or not the anecdotes about the wives hearing the phrase are true, I was the first to write such an anecdote so I know for fact that at least one of the stories is true because I was there.
While it tickles me that Joe suspects I'd use one of my relatively few posts on this forum to make up a story about my wife, I guess Joe is welcome to believe or disbelieve anything he reads on the Internet.
Speaking of the Internet, it's interesting to note that the original poster is not the first to "hear" the word in this scene. Kelly Oxford - who has not, as far as I know, participated in this thread and would not be predisposed to listen for the word - said that she heard it as well, and tweeted as such ... back in 2009.
https://twitter.com/kellyoxford/status/4115920237
If nothing else this would indicate that the sounds resembling the word c***sucker are not something that was a result of the mix done for the blu-ray release. At least one person thought she heard them several years earlier.