Dec 13 2007AM Poster Post: 'Harold and Kumar 2' Understands Homonyms
See, in the first one, they were smoking joints. When it say they're running from the "joint", this time it's referring to prison, slangily referred to as "the joint" in some cultures. I knew there was inherent comedy lying within homonyms, but it took the Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay poster to prove it.
But I have to wonder, why not a shot of them in the airplane scene, with the tagline, "They've never been higher"? Or maybe "After torture, it's time to turn over a new leaf"? Is a word balloon saying "Weed rather not be waterboarded" too much?
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Reader Comments
1. sam - December 13, 2007 12:05 PM
hahaha! Oh god, I can't wait for this movie. Maybe they'll show boobs? And make sex jokes? And then throw in a few ethnic jokes (hehe, get it? they're not white!).
2. Athena - December 13, 2007 1:00 PM
"Weed rather not be waterboarded"
That is the most horribly true and funny line I've ever read.
I wish I could nominate you for a Pulitzer.
3. Ned Flanders - December 13, 2007 1:02 PM
Don't mean to be all nitty-picky but aren't homonyms words that just sound the same? Like 'air' and 'heir'? Oh well..
4. Leif - December 13, 2007 4:01 PM
Homonyms are words that are spelled different but have the same pronunciation.
Failure! Unacceptable!
5. Jewel - December 13, 2007 7:14 PM
Hey.. it's the doctor from House.. lol.
6. Bru - December 16, 2007 5:37 PM
becuase human rights violations are hilarious!
I suppose Harold and Kumar are now enemy combatants...
7. Bob - December 25, 2007 12:20 AM
Homonyms are words that are spelled and pronounced the same way, but have different meanings. In this case, the word is "joint." The meaning of the word depends on the context.
This is sometimes confused with homophones, which are spelled differently and have different meanings, but are pronounced the same. Such as "we'd" and "weed."
8. Tabatha - April 17, 2009 9:52 AM
Homonym (example: not and knot) refers to words that are pronounced alike, differ in meaning and may or may not differ in spelling.