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the rent a cop joke. I dont get it

posted 2 years ago by urrutiap (1114)
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ive seen Men at Work a few times years years ago and i still dont get the rent a cop joke

[–] moviechatterer (15914) 2 years ago

i saw this about 30 years ago , cant remember .
what was the line ?

[–] urrutiap (1114) 2 years ago

He says it like this

"Rent a cop. I hate rent a cops too."

he even looks at the camera. The only weird moment in the movie that does the breaking the 4th wall thing long before Deadpool

[–] OuterSpace (130) 2 years ago

Because he hated cops and did that over the top humiliation of them. Then when the rent a cops show up, he says that line to show he has the same level of disdain for them. Sort of "That's right, I even hate the unofficial cops too" and so they suffer the same humiliation gag.

Him breaking the 4th wall is supposed to be the movie acknowledging how over the top his character is regarding this.