- just waiting to get fucked."—Al Pacino in Scarface
- "I make you laugh, I'm here to fucking amuse you?"—Joe Pesci in Goodfellas
- "Listen you fuckers you screwheads, here's a man who would not take it anymore, a man who stood up against the scum, the cons, the dogs, the filth, the shit. Here is someone who stood up."—Robert DeNiro in Taxi Driver.
And who could possibly live and breathe in America, and not be able to identify this iconic scene from Pulp Fiction?
- Jules: Does [Marsellis Wallace] look like a bitch?
- Brett: What?
- Jules: *Shoots Brett in the shoulder* Does he LOOK like a bitch?!
- Brett: No!
- Jules: Then why'd you try to fuck him like a bitch, Brett?
The Movie Casino features the word "fuck" 398 times, in a film that is 178 minutes long, or 2.24 "fucks per minute." This isn't the undersigned's terminology. See List of Films that Most Frequently use the Word Fuck, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_ordered_by_uses_of_the_word_%22fuck%22 (attached as Exhibit F). Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, 248 fucks, 2.38 fucks per minute. Platoon, a mere 159 fucks, or 1.56 fucks per minute. White Men Can't Jump, 141 fucks, and 1.21 fucks per minute. A full list of the films that most frequently use "fuck" is attached as Exhibit G.
This is not limited to the big screen, nor is it limited to male-oriented media. Sex and the City, a critically acclaimed HBO series uses the word with great artfulness in a post-feminist manner.
- I was once with a guy the size of one of those little miniature golf pencils. I couldn't tell if he was trying to fuck me or erase me.
Sex and the City, Episode 12, "O Come all Ye Faithful." See Exhibit H.
As noted above, women are certainly making empowered usage of the word "fuck," (see discussion of "fuck me shoes" supra). "Fuck buddy," is an almost exclusively female term for a
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