A quick note: I wanted to say something about this since I found out about it three weeks ago, but I've been restricted in personal obligations and classwork. Since some of my workload has lightened briefly, I took the time to write this up.
As a movie buff, I've watched a wide number of movies, and I'm happy to go into detail about film references. I also get annoyed lightly when a film reference gets botched. I'm very patient and recognize that not all people have the same experience and passion with films that I do. Most people have better things to focus on.
However, I do take offense when a reference not only fails, but the person making the reference seems to have made no effort to actually understand what it is they're talking about.
On Monday, October 10, Mike Huckabee made an effort to defend Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump by comparing him to Quint (Robert Shaw) from the 1975 movie Jaws.
