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Was Barney a pimp?

posted 19 years ago by TequilaMockingbird5150
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The way that he just got James some 'company' kind of makes me think that he was.

The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new. Samuel Beckett

[–] darmandom 19 years ago

Of course he was

[–] sonofbeach-sheet 12 years ago

He did pretty well for a former chain gang prisoner! I think in reality he would have worked a menial job barely able to feed and clothe himself

[–] ministerwithoutportfolio 9 years ago

Yes I thought his quick ascent was a little strange.

[–] zap1 8 years ago

Hi,
What If Barney was planning it all along. He sure had a lot of time to think it through?

[–] pepperdog61 (4) 8 years ago

He was definitely a pimp. Probably a speakeasy with "extra services available."

As to his "quick ascent," wasn't there some time elapsed between his release and Allen's escape? I haven't seen the movie in a while but I thought his release came fairly early in Allen's incarceration, when Bomber gives him the "hang it on a limb" talk? There may have been a few years between then and Allen's escape.