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During his Oscar acceptance speech, Trueba equated Billy Wilder with God, and it is in this scene that Wilder's influence comes through most strongly. In drag, Sanz bears a striking resemblance to Tony Curtis in Wilder's "Some Like It Hot," and the whole carnival sequence in "Belle Epoque" smacks of the landmark 1959 film...
...then a senior drag racer with license plates reading "Sarah Downing' roared up behind her and swatted" the ball out of her stick as Paul Bunyan would knock down a tree...
...recently, Southern-born Clinton strategist JAMES CARVILLE warned against stereotyping Southerners as being ignorant and easy to corrupt. But later he told the gathering to beware of the President's enemies because of the people some of them are paying for damaging information. "You know," he said, "when you drag hundred-dollar bills through trailer parks, there's no telling what you'll find. I know those people ... I used to make out with some of them...
Time: the early 21st century. Scene: the First Church of Christ, Smoker, the only place where nicotine addicts can find sanctuary in a society that has declared their pastime illegal. Communicants file up to the altar rail for a long drag on a cigarette -- a precious, stale relic from the last carton of Marlboros sold before the U.S. government banned smoking in 1997. The priest blesses the faithful, they cough in response, and all exeunt to today's hymn, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes...
...falls apart as Barnes' success plummets, and he and Archer face unemployment again. The Coens dwell on the demise as if to make a tragic and appear inevitable, but since this is supposed to be a comedy, no one has the patience for a moving denouement. The Coens drag us through it anyway. They have foreshadowed the final scenes in the opening sequence, and the movie lurches and grinds towards the unwelcome appearance of Barnes on the window ledge high above the street. Like the other executives before him, we have to watch Barnes take his turn at contemplating suicide...