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I think you and I are on two different topics...seriously. I'm not being sarcastic.
I didn't think for a minute you were saying it was excusable, and I'm also not saying that it's impossible in real life that something so bizarre could occur. I'm saying that in the context of this film, with the personalities as they were introduced, I do not believe that the characters reacted in a manner that befit their purported personalities/situations. I realize that they were completely drugged up and drunk, but I can't buy that the Jon Favreau character or the Daniel Stern character could have been persuaded to go along with the plan. I also have difficulty believing that the mechanic guy would have gone along with it(although he seemed to be more of a go along kind of guy, based on majority rule). I have no problem believing that Jeremy Piven's character (the one that killed the hooker) would go along with it. But, I never felt that any pecking order was established that made Slater the leader of the group, except that he was the organizer of the trip.
Does that clarify it? I don't think I was very clear earlier. Now, maybe we can disagree about it based on what the real argument is (for me, anyway), but I'd like to look at it from that perspective rather than a perspective that bizarre things really do happen.
Wow, an actual movie discussion! Thanks, JYD!
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