Ebbets Field
hey can anybody explain to me the ebbets field line? i think i know what it means but i am no that sure. any help would be apprecitated.
thanks in advance
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The line was something to the effect of "With the right kind of con you could steal Ebbet's Field." Danny Devito's character says "Ebbet's Field is gone." The Hack says "See what I mean."
In the real world, Ebbets Field was where the Brooklyn Dodgers used to play. It was built in the 19 - teens, and torn down in the 1960s.
So, basically the line was a pun, tongue in cheek. Ebbet's Field had been gone for 40 years. And the reason wasn't because someone had a good plan to steal it.
Just my $.02
Joe Moore: Anybody can get the goods. The hard part's getting away.
Bergman: Uh-huh.
Joe Moore: You plan a good enough getaway, you could steal Ebbets Field.
Bergman: Ebbets Field's gone.
Joe Moore: What did I tell you?
i dont think that is what it means i think that it means that it was kind of stolen the stadium.
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The beloved Ebbets Field was "stolen" in a lot of Brooklynites' minds by then Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley as were the hugely popular Brooklyn Dodgers themselves when O'Malley made the highly controversial move of moving the team to Los Angeles.
shareThere is a common tendency to try to overanalyze Mamet's dialog. Try not to fall victim of it.
Joe's just trying to make the point that the most important part of any heist plan is the getaway. He knows that Bergman knows Ebbets Field is gone and that it wasn't stolen by anyone. It is just a witty way of getting the idea across... like when Bergman says "you should've popped the girl" and Joe replies "Yeah? Well, you should've been there".
He isn't saying it because he actually wished that Bergman was along on the heist but because he has no business telling people who *were* on the heist what they should have done.
Mamet's characters use language as a weapon.
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It's sarcasm, is all.
They both know Ebert's Field is "gone."
Like the guy applying for a job as a lumberjack with a Canadian company, and he's asked what experience he's had as a lumberjack and he says his last job was in the Sahara Desert.
"There ain't no trees in the Sahara."
"There aren't any there NOW!" says the would-be lumberjack.
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