Continuity mistake: While talking to Kurt, Jack's forearm switches from resting on the top of the car window to his hand resting on it, then back to the forearm.
Horrible Bosses (2011)
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Directed by: Seth Gordon
Starring: Colin Farrell, Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston, Jamie Foxx, Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day
Genres: Comedy
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Julia Harris: Well Shabbat Shalom, somebody's circumcised!
Question: Is the scotch trick Kevin Spacey played on Jason Bateman a nod to "Hopfrog" by Edgar Allen Poe? To those of you who are wondering, Hopfrog is a deformed dwarf Jester who is forced to amuse a tyrant by being forced to drink wine because "it excited the poor cripple to madness, and madness is no comfortable feeling." Hopfrog avenges himself that very night, but I was just wondering.
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Chosen answer: I doubt that was a conscious decision - while it's certainly an interesting parallel, getting someone drunk to laugh at them is a common enough scheme.