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Interestingly, perhaps, the milkshake straw analogy to oil field drainage was made, in reality, by New Mexico Republican Senator Albert Fall during Congressional hearings on the Teapot Dome scandal of the 1920's. Truth is often stranger than fiction .... and while this bit perhaps stands out in the film as over the top, it's actually a true quote dating from the period being portrayed.
I think the humor in There Will Be Blood worked wonderfully in the interplay between Plainfield and Sunday. The audience I saw it with thought so too.
To each his own ... or, for fun, should we have Juno Fan vs. Blood Fan WAR?!
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