Haahnster's Favorite Entertainment Coincidences: The "Gimp" Connection
This guy is actor, Peter Greene. As his Wikipedia entry states, "Peter Greene should not be confused with Peter Green of the band Fleetwood Mac." This is true. It might also be helpful to say, "The Fleetwood Mac of Peter Green should not be confused with the much shittier incarnation of the band that sold a bazillion copies of an LP called Rumours." But, maybe I'm the only one who would say that.What I did not see in Peter Greene's Wikipedia entry was any reference to what I like to call The "Gimp" Connection. It's one of my favorite coincidences in the entertainment world. I believe Peter Greene to be the only actor ever to have used the term "gimp" in two major films of the last half of the 20th century. Pretty impressive.
Pulp Fiction (1994) - Peter Greene, as "Zed", the chopper-riding, ass-raping, S&M dude, says, "Bring out the gimp."
Usual Suspects (1995) - Peter Greene, as "Redfoot", the diamond fence, says in response to being asked what to do with a bag of drugs, "Feed it to the gimp."
Stunning, isn't it? Of course, I am easily amused.
posted by haahnster at 5:37 AM
15 Comments:
Now I'll have to watch The Usual Suspects this weekend to catch the second gimp quip.
And I'm with you on the 'Mac comment. One "Oh Well" trumps many, many Rumours.
Turns out I'm stunned too!
You had better watch your back talking about Stevie the Witch like that. I'd hate to see you turned into a toad........
Peter Green is very scary. Looks like a radiated first cousin of Peter Weller. And he was Robocop.
Which pretty much made him a gimp before he got all that hi-tech equipment grafted onto his body.
I wonder how the Detroit police is doing anyway?
Granted Fleetwood Mac was better in the early years, I prefer Christine McVie to Stevie any day.
Any way, one wouldn't expect a whole lot of PC from Usual Suspects or Pulp Fiction, as a matter of fact gimp is a pretty tame word.
Beth: I hope you're saying watch it again. If you've never seen it, though, that's cool too. I'll expect a full report.
Dale: I understand.
Keith: He was a scary loking dude in The Mask, too. Yikes!
Old Lady: "Gimp" is a pretty tame word, I would agree. It is also a word that I have not heard in many movies. Thus, I was "stunned" by the coincidence of the same actor having used it in 2 different films, both of which I happen to love!
I have seen The Usual Suspects many times, of course, but it has been a few years. Good excuse for a rental.
You gonna join me on Guilty Pleasures Week, Haahnster?
Monday: TV
Tuesday: Music
Wednesday: Movies
Thursday: Books
Friday: Free-for-all
Interested?
Food for thought this weekend...
Sounds like a good possibility.
KEITH - DALE - OLD LADY - and the rest of you Haahnster fans - join us for Guilty Pleasures week. Let's see who has the most embarrassing secrets in their closets.
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Great, now you've got both movies and the lyrics to "Oh, Well" stuck in my head.
Of course, either the Gimp or Verbal Kimt (that rhymes!) can sing to Peter between the takes "I can't help about the shape I'm in
My face ain't pretty and my legs are thin."
Check out Peter in an old indie that came out around '93, "The Laws of Gravity." The virtual debut of Edie Falco.
"Oh Well", and all of my Then Play On LP are screaming to be reviewed!!!
"The Laws of Gravity" - I'll see if I can run that down, WP. I'm always on the lookout for lesser-known material by great guitarists.
That is stunning!
Beth,
Thanks for plugging S.W.'s work.
Haahnster,
"The Laws of Gravity" - I'll see if I can run that down, WP. I'm always on the lookout for lesser-known material by great guitarists."
Sorry, I should've slapped "film" on the other side of "indie." If I didn't try to catch up with all of my blogging in a single day, I could've added this link and it would've been clearer
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0104693/
Nicky Gomez directed it and he went on to direct some really good "Sopranos" episodes.
Greene was in it along with a bunch of great actors, including the aforementioned Falco. Everybody in this film would go onto to appear in all the "Law And Order" franchises and just about every movie that you've seen shot around Jersey and NYC
L-Y: Welcome to the ranks of the stunned.
WP: Apparently, I didn't follow my own advice, and confused Peter Greene with Peter Green.
Now, the Edie Falco reference makes more sense!!!
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