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Lineya
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Lineya asked in Entertainment & MusicMovies · 1 decade ago

Looking for a movie line with the word "travesty" in it.?

Hello!

Can anyone think of a line from any movie that uses the word "travesty"? It can be used in ANY context. I just want to make a sound file of it (or several of them if there are several to be found!).

Thanks for any help!

Update:

Thanks for taking the time guys - that is exactly what I wanted! If you think of any more, let me know as well. :)

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  • ?
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    1 decade ago
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    The movie "Election". The Reese Witherspoon character is always using the word travesty. Usually, any thing that is mildly annoying to her is considered a travesty. She tends to overdo it a bit. In quote 2 she even refers to something as an "unconscionable travesty". Aren't all travesties unconscionable? Note also the Stalinistic connotations of her "cleaning up the year book photos", sounds like 1984.

    Here are the quotes. Note that quote 2 is mildly profane but I have edited it.

    1)

    But it was in the S.G.A., the Student Government Association,

    where I made my biggest mark. I never missed a single meeting. And I volunteered for every committee, as long as I could lead it. I agree with Ashley. I think we should rent the barrels ahead of time because what happened last time was a travesty. It was ridiculous,and I think it really reflected poorly on all of us.

    2)

    What happened at the speeches was an unconscionable travesty. That little b**** Tammy Metzler wanted to make a fool out of me. Well, it wasn't gonna work. If all those students who cheered for Tammy Metzler only knew how hard I worked for Carver, like all the late nights I spend at the year book office, just to give them their stinking memories. One of my duties was to clean up the group photos. It was a cinch with our new software. People are so ungrateful.

    3) Here we have Mr. McCallister interrogating Tracy about the posters that he rightly suspects she tore down.

    Mr. M: I guess you know why you're here.

    Tracy: If it's about the posters, I think it's awful. I think it's a travesty.

    Mr. M: Travesty, huh? Well, that's interesting, because I think you did it.

  • 1 decade ago

    Da Vinci Code, The (2006)

    Robert Langdon: [reluctantly] Surely such a travesty has never occurred.

    Source(s): IMBD
  • 1 decade ago

    One of my favorite movies... The Big Lebowski!!

    The Dude: God damn you Walter! You f**kin' a**hole! Everything's a f**kin' travesty with you, man! And what was all that **** about Vietnam? What the F**K, has anything got to do with Vietnam? What the f**k are you talking about?

  • 1 decade ago

    Clueless. When Alicia Silverstone is giving her speech assignment in class.

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