Does anyone else find the shocking scene……
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applehead54 — 17 years ago(April 11, 2008 09:58 PM)
my mom cracked up when we first saw that movie and as a child i didn't see the humor, maybe cuz they shocked the cat too and im a cat lover. but as i got older it really is funny, and her hair is hilarious!
i c a li-toe si-lo-weh-toe of a man SKA-LAH-MOOSH SKA-LA-MOOSH -
sikdude80 — 21 years ago(January 31, 2005 07:58 PM)
You know I have to agree with redrumskum,the scene was cruel and a very cold hearted thing for Mr.Donatti and that other guy Junk to do but it was funny.I always wondered why that lady Mrs.Morrison was wearing nylon,was that suppose to make the shocking hurt more than its suppose to ? Its always boggled my mind. Another thing is were they going to try and kill her in front of him or just torture her to make him feel bad for smoking. Overall the movie is good but I never seen anyone articulate that scene so I thought I bring up some questions I had about the scene
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bonnie-67 — 19 years ago(July 17, 2006 08:42 AM)
In the book, it explains that Quitters, Inc. is a pragmatic company. They use a practical, matter-of-fact method. They find out all they can about their client (in this case that he has a wife he loves and a son who is mentally incapable of understanding why anyone would hurt him). They use the client's love for their family to 'encourage' them to quit smoking.
It details their method of treatment: If the client slips up once, the wife gets a short treatment in the electric room, painful but no injury. Slip up 2-4 times, longer more painful treatments. Slip up 5 times, the boy gets beaten up, etcup to 10 times. If the client slips up that 10th time, he is killed.
You see, Quitters, Inc. guarantees their clients quit smoking permanently (even if they have to kill them to make it happen). It also goes into the weight gain that usually happens when a person quits smoking. They give you a certain weight you have to stay under, and if you go over that weightthey cut your spouses little finger off.
In reply to the poster who mentioned that it sounded like the mob, that is somewhat correct. The book explains that Quitters, Inc. was endowed with funds from the family of a mobster who died of lung cancer. I'm sure they also hire their enforcers (like Junk) from the family business. -
livingdaylights520 — 20 years ago(May 01, 2005 09:18 PM)
My guess is that Quitters Inc targets torturing the clients loved ones when they smoke so it can make them quit.I dont think the scene was practical though.I dont know how someone could survive mulitple shocks one after another, well unless the voltage was low.I remember the doctor telling him that she'd be fine but I dont see how thats possible.
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kitana_snape — 19 years ago(April 13, 2006 06:51 AM)
I have this story. The reason they target the client's loved ones is that it's one thing to allow yourself to be tortured, but it's quite another to allow a loved one to be targeted because of your slipup. Not many people would allow that, so it's actually a good way to get at people. As for the voltage, was very low. You know what it feels like when you get a static electricity shock (like when you walk across a carpet and touch a doorknob or something)? The voltage Quitters Inc. used was a little stronger than that. Not enough to kill her (or even really hurt her), but enough to sting. Part of her reaction was also because she was terrified. Her husband hadn't told her anything about what Quitters Inc really does. All she knows it that strangers show up at her house, take her away, and start shocking her. That would scare anyone, I'm sure.
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JSouth1 — 18 years ago(December 08, 2007 08:22 PM)
Actually, I am sure the VOLTAGE was quite high, probably several thousand volts. Most static shocks come from voltages of thousands of volts too. After all, you CANNOT get a spark to jump a distance, such as from a doorknob to a finger, with only a low voltage, such as 100 volts or less.
It was the CURRENT that was low, and current is what "kills". A static shock is of nearly zero current, and the electrified floor was probably fed from some sort of high voltage inverter, which could produce thousands of volts but a very low current.(A couple of milliampres or so.) It STILL HURTS, but is not normally life-threatening.
The "lowly" 120 volt line in a house is MANY, MANY times more capble of killing someone than something like a taser, which often put out voltages exceeding 50 thousand volts. The taser's output is a very low current source while the 120 volt line is capable of a VERY high instantaneous current output!!