Re: "You're a prince"

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Thor --

"Prince" is just a colloquialism from the 40's & 50's (and maybe a bit 
earlier), a sort of wise-guy (non-gangster), quick-hip usage. If you think of 
Preston Sturges -- or his most brilliant modern-day offspring, Joel & Ethan 
Coen ("Miller's Crossing") -- I think you may get a sense of this shoot from 
the lip, stacatto, tommygun vocal delivery. It seems to be Holden's temporary 
slide into B-movie shorthand. It seems the difference between phony and 
prince, at least in usage ... well, the former seems like the utterance of a 
somewhat petulant child, while the latter sounds like the utterance of a  
somewhat delinquent juvenile.

Mirjam and Rick

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