Thursday, March 3, 2011

The Sandlot's Flyting

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVscCNZsYSY

My childhood recollection example of 'Flyting.' The clip popped to the top of my head because I must've seen this film over twenty/thirty times.

Only an insult like, "You play ball like a girl!" would be best effective in the correct context. A childish and athletically competitive nature. Something so simply insulting turns the conversation into a heated status establishing contest. The rivals' backyard quarrel becomes hyperbolic in context. A pin prick can cause big conflict as scribble can become a quibble. It takes one wrong button for self-destruction.

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