Showing posts with label Sudan. Show all posts
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Sunday, March 18, 2012

Finger-wagging as a diversion?














Sean challenges George.
Sean: Why did you get yourself arrested?
George: Draw attention to the issue. To make a point about Sudan.
Sean: And I believe Scotland should be independent but I don’t wag the finger at the English. There are other ways.
George: You’re wagging the finger at me now. Another reason is that I don’t wear makeup in movies or in public and it’s starting to show. I needed a diversion. I wagged a finger.
Sean: And I want to become old with a good face, like Picasso.
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Voice-over
Finger-wagging, denoting disapproval, admonition, perhaps shame on you, also expressed in smiley code as [-X. It’s usually to emphasize a point than divert attention. Unless you happen to be an aging actor.
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