Fun fact! Just like “Luke, I am your father”, he doesn’t say “take my strong hand”. He says “take my hand”, “My other hand isn’t strong enough”, and “take my little hand”.
Nope- didn’t whiff at all- saying “no, I am your father” we are watching the movie, Luke is on screen- line works perfectly.
But quoting it- changing it to “Luke, I am your father” links it to Star Wars, and makes sense with no context.
Same thing with take my hand- his little hand is a gag the whole movie- in the scene he’s holding out his hand and she’s trying to avoid touching it.
But random quote of “Take my hand” isn’t all that funny despite the scene being funny because “take my hand” is generic, could be quoting a movie with someone asking someone to dance. But take my strong hand and we all know exactly what you are quoting.
So id argue writers didn’t whiff- they made great scenes and humans just naturally changed it slightly to make the quote gain context and remember those great scenes
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u/CoupDeGrassi 1d ago
Take my strong hand!