Someone tried to analyze one of the weirdest insults said in ‘Full Metal Jacket’
It is perhaps one of the most iconic war movies ever, and certainly one of the best depictions of Marine boot camp, but at least one of the insults to come from Drill Instructor Gunnery Sgt. Hartman's mouth doesn't seem to make any sense.
And that's where the site FilmDrunk comes in, to investigate what in the hell Hartman meant when he would "short-d-ck every cannibal in the Congo."
I mean, seriously, what the hell is that even supposed to mean? The quote, which comes about halfway into the film, is screamed out by an insanely-annoyed (isn't he always?) Hartman on top of the obstacle course, as Pvt. Pyle becomes too fearful to get over the top.
"I will motivate you, Private Pyle! If it shortd-cks every cannibal in the Congo!" he says.
You really need to break this one down to root words here. The term "shortd-ck" could mean to short change, and so if Pvt. Pyle becomes motivated he'll be skinnier, and the cannibals will have less fat to eat. Or another interpretation could be that Hartman is willing to do anything it takes, even so far outside of cultural norms, to motivate the recruit.
Or it could just be drill instructor gibberish that makes no sense whatsoever.
Regardless, FilmDrunk collected up plenty of possibilities for this phrase, and the investigation of it is actually quite hilarious.
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