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Comic Discussion => QUESTIONABLE CONTENT => Topic started by: durao on 16 Sep 2008, 00:01
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Sorry guys... but I'm from MOZAMBIQUE and my technical English is not that very good... So I ask>
What is a SPIT-TAKE???
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It is when something surprising happens and the surprised person spit out what they were drinking/eating.
Also oh my god, please don't put so many awful things in your posts.
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Also oh my god, please don't put so many awful things in your posts.
Gotcha!!
Tanx!
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Strip #47 is a good example.
Think of the word "take" as being like its use in the phrase "double-take", which is when someone is surprised and takes a second look at something.
It is not a very common phrase and is for informal use.
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It comes from film, wherein a "take" is a scene, reaction, or such that has been filmed. So when the camera zooms in on the hero as he agonizes over which wire to cut... that's a 'take'. It's been took.
So a spit take is a brief cut of someone spraying a significant quantity of fluid. Because it's an action shot and can will involve dramatic cuts before and after, it can be done all by itself (rather than as part of a longer camera sequence). So you can film the take all by itself. A spit take.
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The spit take in under ten seconds:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJy1TdXwBKs&feature=related