Talk:A Few Good Men

Editing the plot

I think all but a couple of partial quotes should be expunged, keeping "can't handle the truth" and possibly the denouement between Kaffee and Jessup. If no one attempts this by month's end, I will prepare a severely edited synopsis and evaluation of the plot, which is lacking here: Dawson's final realization (inspired by Kaffee's courage in the defense?) and the three views of the trial presented by Weinberg, Kaffee, and Galloway. (Her comment to Downey that he could go back to service seems either naive or cruelly reassuring considering his admitted assault on Santiago.) DFoofnik 3/9/09 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.230.234.181 (talk) 19:45, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

The plot needs to be cut in half, to start. Yeesh. Crotchety Old Man (talk) 19:55, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

It's now within a whisker of the recommended maximum. I haven't seen the film in ages though, so someone else needs to do the last nudge.Archiewood (talk) 03:52, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

The criticism part needs a citation or two. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.125.152.235 (talk) 11:56, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Premise

A lawyer in South Eastern Virginia has claimed on his website, and on Television Commercials that his story was told in the Movie a Few Good Men. As such I am not sure if it should be added to Wikipedia or not. "http://www.donmarcari.com/marcari.php#marcari" That is the link to his firms webpage. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.254.247.60 (talk) 16:31, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

That would be Don Macari; this Baltimore Sun article lists him as the JAG defense lawyer in the case the film was based on. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 06:32, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Removed

I removed the following "background facts" section from the article:

Extrajudicial punishment has never been tagged a "Code Red" with the U.S. Marines. The usual term is a "blanket party". <!-- source: This made its way around the de WP (see de: article) so pls CMIIW. -->

This Baltimore Sun article about one of the Marines involved in the case that inspired the play and film says, "One night, while watching a videotape of the movie "Animal House," the other Marines decided to take action, calling a "Code Red," jargon for a hazing, to teach Private Alvarado a lesson." Since the hidden-text note said CMIIW ("Correct Me If I'm Wrong"), I removed the claim that the term "Code Red" is never used. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 06:32, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Requested move

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was move per request. Hatnote to play is already in play.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 12:33, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

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A Few Good Men (film) → A Few Good Men — Already redirects here. Gary King (talk · scripts) 04:20, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

• Comment. What about A Few Good Men (play)? Or (to a much lesser extent) A Few Good Men (The Vampire Diaries episode)? Is a dab page not a viable option here? PC78 (talk) 09:31, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

• Google News Search and Google Books Search do not show a lot for the play. It is difficult to find coverage to determine its fame when the same people were involved in both the play and the film. Can anyone weigh in about its fame? It's hard to tell at face value, though there is precedent on this kind of primary-secondary reversal: Road to Perdition and Road to Perdition (comics), the latter being pretty obscure. Erik (talk | contribs) 16:52, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
• Support. The film is getting 7 to 10 times the pageviews of the play over the past few months, so is the primary topic. Especially with only two articles, a dab page is not necessary. Station1 (talk) 11:18, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

• Support per primacy of the film. Play article can be linked in a hatnote. Erik (talk | contribs) 18:19, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Parodies

Does anyone think that parodies of the famous climactic scene are worth mentioning ? In the "Simpsons" episode "Sideshow Bob Roberts" Sideshow Bob is on trial and delivers the famous line "you can't handle the truth" -- and expands on it to the point of absurdity (i.e. "I deride your truth-handling abilities!"); also in "Third Rock from the Sun" Dick exclaims "I can't handle the truth" in typical dramatic fashion when pressed about "the truth". Yes, no ? 76.113.27.172 (talk) 09:53, 12 February 2012 (UTC) Also, on "How I met your mother" when Lily is caught orchestrating a number of Ted's breakups, the two of them reenact the entire scene, almost verbatim.76.113.27.172 (talk) 04:40, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Personally, I don't see the impact of adding a parody section. A section on the impact in popular culture, specifically "You can't handle the truth!" as long as there was sufficient reference material in which to cite. User:Aneah 12:51, 13 February 2012 (UTC)