Is Quince a Pedophile?
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pulliamrl — 18 years ago(August 23, 2007 03:40 PM)
It simply amazes me that folks jump to conclusions about something like this. Quince made an innocent observation and then "politically corrected" himself when he realized it sounded perverted.
THAT is what our society has come to.
And THAT is what has spurred this thread.
Quince is a simple soul. And his darkest secret? He's a dud in business. He doesn't have the inner spark to shine in the communications company. Despite this, his wife adores him. She doesn't "need" for him to equal her father or Drew as a "wheel." That's Quince's failing. -
JFrawley032759 — 18 years ago(August 28, 2007 06:32 AM)
I think pulliamrl has it exactly right. Quince is a basically decent man who drinks too fast and thinks too slowly. He is amazed that his wife loves him despite his weakness and ordinariness, but he is not a pedophile.
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rabidart — 17 years ago(April 25, 2008 10:53 AM)
I think some people here are just being silly cause it's cool to think everyone else is "F-up"
We all got the point in the movieit's elementary. He said something like most people would and didn't
think anything bad until it came out and heard what he just said and everyone in the table got the
same idea, but knew he didn't mean it. It was a joke for the audience which is what we all got.
His faults I'm sure are normal character flaws most of us have and no it wouldn't necessarily be that
of a pedophile. It's just the cynical way some of us like to indulge ourselves in. It really is an
unoriginal way of thinking. I tend to think of it as a personality trend.
It's just a contemporary mentality of seeing things very cynical. We see things
half empty or think the Tele-tubbies are all gay. It's sad we are all programmed like
this because of the contemporary comedies we watch like the Simpsons and Family guy or anything
else which is essentially disfunctional comedy where we see everything funny that is not
wholesome and point fingers at things which are pure.
We are in a generation of deconstruction. Destroy everyhting that is beautiful or meaningful
and waste all our resources while we are at it.
Most of us proabably grew up in the 80's and were raised with all these good natured
shows (cartoons and sitcoms although they were out for the green with their toy lines and
merchandise). They all still gave us a great message. Now we see things through those same 8-year old
eyes yet we are almost expected to react in the opposite way that we naturally feel.
It's just a trend like everything else. Personalities can also be trendy and that is what you are getting
in this reaction.
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mokill00 — 17 years ago(May 18, 2008 09:25 AM)
Yes quince thought he was scoring points and bonding with his lady by "loving" everything she said and looked like a doofus for not actually listening to what she was saying which she suspected all along but had to elicit in public to make it clear they were not a good look.
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necoleman — 11 years ago(October 23, 2014 09:52 AM)
I am formerly known as Hillieboliday..Member since May 2006:
No..most of us probably did not grow up in the 80's. There are quite a few, including myself..who came long before your precious 80's arrived.
Being in defense of, or wary of pedophiliawhether it is inferred or defintely confirmed..is not a fault!
The despicable sin and crime of pedophilia is on the rise in our sick society, and those of us who care about protecting our children so they can have a normal, natural childhood; had better be on constant guard. If a person is in my immediate presence and makes a comment whether in jest or seriousness about something questionable against children..I WILL DEFINITELY ADDRESS THEM!
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Roxy08005 — 15 years ago(December 02, 2010 05:14 PM)
I laughed out loud and said what the hell at that scene because it was so out of the blue. I don't think he is a pedophile i think he just says some random stuff sometimes.
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krisluvkev — 18 years ago(September 03, 2007 07:32 AM)
Pedophile? wow! My question is why would your mind even take you there to that thought. There is nothing about Quince that suggest that he is a pedophile. I think he's a little simple and weak but a pedophile no way.
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trots0908 — 18 years ago(September 08, 2007 03:45 AM)
Ok, I guess my mind's in the gutter or something, too, because I just watched this with my wife last night (she LOVES this movie) and I thought the same thing. I fully expected him to follow it up with something like, "Not like THAT!" After his wife shot him that if-looks-could-kill glance, he didn't say anything. I thought that was just weird.
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oxymoron_02 — 18 years ago(October 14, 2007 04:33 PM)
The part in question is actually preceded by Bill saying "When my daughters were little girls"
This, as a previous post stated, links up with a former iteration of Quince after Allison mentioned keychains, and if they were too boring; Quince offered up "I love keychains".
The "I love little girls" is not meant to hint at him being a paedophile, but rather to hint at the fact that he's a little bumbling with his thought processes and which ones make it to his mouth. -
thelilbitofeverything — 18 years ago(January 21, 2008 12:59 AM)
Quince is a man that wants to make everyone around them feel good. He tries to help and do the right thing. He may not be an originator of ideas but he is a loyal though somewhat simple man.
He may not have realized that he said something dumb but I think his intent at dinner was to show he was hanging her (Alisons) every word, particularly since nobody else was. Quince and Alison are the perfect couple.
"We've come to steal your pornography and sodomize our vast imaginations" - ATHF -
phulltillt — 18 years ago(March 25, 2008 03:13 PM)
No!!! Quince and Alison seem to be an older long married CHILDLESS couple. I think Quince would have said "I love little boys" or "I love kids" and Alison would have given him the same look. An "I know you do and I know we don't" painful look. The two of them (Jeffery Tambor and Marsha Gay Harden) are magical together in this film.
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matthewdewey — 18 years ago(March 29, 2008 01:18 AM)
I thought exactly the same thing!!!! It just seemed strange until, like you say, there is that allusion at the party to a dark secret.
Very peculiar.
Matthew Dewey
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pradeepanonline — 18 years ago(March 30, 2008 03:21 PM)
No way:))
It could be something to with the fact that he & Allison dont have Kids..
when he said "He loved little children" it might have touched a wrong spot for Allison..
c'mon.. you can interpret it any way
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Michael_Jackson25 — 17 years ago(April 10, 2008 10:10 AM)
you know i always felt that there was something more in the quincy character that i was just not picking up on. And this very well could be it. i'm about to rewatch the movie so i'll look out for this. It was so long ago when i saw this movie and i was still a teen and mostly just watched it for Brad and pretty much ignored everything else. But even then, i remember i'd kept wondering what was the deal with her sister and that weird husband of hers. I defintiely always felt that they were trying to portray that something just wasn't quite right about Quince. i just didn't know what exactly it was they were trying to get at didn't think about it long or hard enough. But now! thx for this post.. very thought-provoking.
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M_posse_bull — 17 years ago(August 01, 2008 12:31 PM)
I think you are reading too much into it as well. But as for the darkest secrets part, Joe asks what? And Quince said something like "OH no, not just ONE thing but all things" taking it to mean all the negative aspects we have in our personalities not something dark and sinister as pedophilia.