Pound of Flesh
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- 2010
- 104 min
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Sex - the world's oldest profession...
...and the only one in which women
are paid more than men,
which explains why men
were so quick to make it illegal.
No. you got to let me go.
I gotta go.
Please stop! No!
What are you doing?
Stop.
Chapter One...
The first day of the term.
My favorite day of the year...
Young women with glowing faces,
and not-so-innocent smiles.
Ah, yes,
These are the kind of women,
regardless of what they do at night,
they wake up as virgins
in the morning.
Well, some of them do.
Heave, ho
The world we go
Fast, slow
A pain until we flow
You take me home just so you know
You got to quid pro quo
You and me, interchangeably
Make sure
We're the recipes
Because we can both agree
Nothing is for free
I want to know
What makes you go
Oh, oh
'Cause I get satisfaction when you
Oh, I won't go, you won't go
I won't cage me
in this cage again and see
Eenie, meenie, miney, moe
Barden College.
- Catch this kitty by the toe...
A paradise for men who love women.
If she purrs then you will know...
And then there were the cops.
you, "numb nuts".
This is outrageous.
I want to see the Chief now.
Chief's out. He's playing golf.
Then find me the a**hole
who wrote me this ticket.
I'm the a**hole, sir.
It's illegal to park in front of City Hall.
Well, it's not illegal for me to park in front of
City Hall. I'm the Mayor, for Christ's sake!
You're Detective Kelly?
- Yeah.
So you're Sergeant Ferraro, huh?
Call me Beck if it's more convenient.
Eh, Sergeant's fine.
Hey...
you need this?
- What's that?
The details of your hearing?
- Yeah.
I read it already... pretty unpleasant.
yeah.
Oh, yeah, don't start with that crap.
you may be a Detective,
but I'm you're commanding officer.
you work for me.
take the risk on those conditions...
...and if you have a problem with that,
you should register a complaint now.
Why would I have a problem?
Well, some guys don't like
working for women.
Hey, what's not to like, huh?
I know you f***ed on your lastjob.
I know your wife ran off. I know a lot
of sh*t you don't want to talk about.
You're lucky to have this job.
I figured...
...you'd be grateful enough
to try to fit in.
I hope you won't miss your big city
drug busts and gang-land hits.
I'm done with the drug dealers.
I guess killing one would do that to you.
I was cleared of that.
Ah, and you don't want to talk about it.
I'm a very good detective, Sergeant.
That file isn't going to tell you
the whole picture, okay?
I do what needs to get done.
Okay?
Welcome.
Welcome to Fourth Term Shakespeare.
I'm Noah Melville,
and you can call me "Sir".
No, I'm kidding.
Call me whatever you want.
Right.
"A pound of flesh
which I demand of him...
...is dearly bought.
'Tis mine and I will have it."
All right, first context.
What century is
William Shakespeare writing in?
Anyone?
Oh, you all know this.
Rachel?
Care to join us?
yes. Thanks.
Shakespeare's century is actually
the Sixteenth and Seventeenth.
you're absolutely right.
William Shakespeare was born
in 1564, died in 1616.
You don't have to write that down
because it's immaterial.
It's what comes
in between that counts!
Let's start from the beginning,
shall we?
We're going to read a little bit
of "Merchant of Venice".
Act One, Scene One.
The merchant Antonio laments...
"I know not why I am so sad.
It wearies me.
You say it wearies you...
...but how I caught it, found it,
or came by...
...what stuff 'tis made of it,
wherever it is born...
...I am to learn."
you see, Sixteenth-century Venice...
...at once liberal and powerful,
and yet racist...
...where religious intolerance
was abundant. Sound familiar?
Nazi Germany.
Right! Nazi Germany.
Very good.
But, could it also be true
of our United States?
Kappa Nu Gamma Rush Week?
Especially after a few beers
are involved?
That may be true, Thomas.
Thank you.
But could we please
settle down everyone?
We've got very distinguished
visitors here this morning.
Okay, where were we?
Evelyn...
...why do you think Shakespeare
is warning us of the dangers...
of a blind adherence to dogma?
Ignorance is the cause of intolerance.
Slap me silly
and call me Brenda.
Evelyn, you're absolutely right.
Well done.
Well that I think is a very good lesson
for us to take home this morning.
This week we'll be reading Macbeth,
so sign up early for your tutorials.
And remember, my door
is always open.
Thank you.
Nice answer.
Thank you, yes, yes...
Happy new term, Dean Jean.
Thank you.
And what's the good word
from the faculty?
Well, try coming to our weekly dinners...
...or do your students keep you too busy?
I find it's the individual attention
that yields the high performance.
Dedication does pay off.
yeah, not always. But then,
that's ancient history.
Jean, come on.
We have work to do.
Are you...
Are you waiting for me, Miss, uh...
- Dionesia Costa.
What?
- Dionesia Costa.
Dionesia...whoa! I wonder
what your parents were smoking.
I chose it for myself.
It's the feminine form of "Dionysus".
I wanted to wait to speak
with you because I would...
...really like for you to be
my thesis advisor.
Well, forgive me for saying, but...
...you haven't been taking my courses,
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