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Madhulk Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Is that not poetry in motion...

Lex: Wait a minute. You're not dating anyone?
Come on, what about all the legions of
female reporters scurrying under your feet?

Grant: What about them?

Lex: Lois Lane, for example. Sexy. Smart.

Grant: All true. Doesn't mean l have to date her.
ls that not poetry in motion? Are you becoming emotional?

Lex: So l guess you've been researching
an article on her bra size lately?
  

Top answer

Don't think so. There's a popular song from the sixties by that name. The guy is saying that his girlfriend is poetry in motion - That is, it's a beautiful experience to watch her move.

— Avangi

  • Don't think so.
  • There's a popular song from the sixties by that name.
  • The guy is saying that his girlfriend is poetry in motion - That is, it's a beautiful experience to watch her move.
  • It's a rather callous bit of male chauvenism to refer to a woman as "that," as though she were not a person but simply a thing of beauty.
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Don't think so.

There's a popular song from the sixties by that name. The guy is saying that his girlfriend is poetry in motion - That is, it's a beautiful experience to watch her move.

It's a rather callous bit of male chauvenism to refer to a woman as "that," as though she were not a person but simply a thing of beauty.
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Hi, Avangi!
I just spotted a video in Youtube about this particular scene:


And I have doubts he meant his girlfriend by the
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Madhulk Could he have meant the shot he just made?
Yes, of course! But the creator of the scene may be something of a poet as well.
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