{"id":154,"date":"2015-02-04T18:06:55","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T00:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/?p=154"},"modified":"2019-02-13T13:51:39","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T19:51:39","slug":"u-cant-handle-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/u-cant-handle-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"u can&#8217;t handle the truth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">a few good men<\/span><\/strong><\/em> was a popular and critically acclaimed movie when it was released in 1992.\u00a0it is the story of a military trial provoked by the death of a marine at guantanamo bay.\u00a023 years later, if the public remembers anything about the film, it is <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/a-few-good-men-handle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the dramatic climax<\/a> when <strong>tom cruise<\/strong> agitates <strong>jack nicholson<\/strong> into shouting &#8220;<em><strong>u can&#8217;t handle the truth!<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; at him.<\/p>\n<h6><em><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/u-cant-handle-the-truth.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-162\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/u-cant-handle-the-truth-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"u-cant-handle-the-truth\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/u-cant-handle-the-truth-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/u-cant-handle-the-truth.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>u can&#8217;t handle the truth.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>this video from\u00a0my youtube channel, <em><strong>u can&#8217;t handle the truth<\/strong><\/em>, \u00a0is named after this famous line, but (<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/hunger-games-cool-vocab-from-mockingjay-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SPOILER ALERT<\/a><\/strong>) it presents an\u00a0ending that probably <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/shoulda-woulda-coulda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">would have gotten<\/a><\/em><\/span> nicholson&#8217;s character colonel jessup more sympathy.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"u can&#039;t handle the truth\" width=\"758\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cpZ9yOm0MMo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"richyrocks english on youtube\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/richyrocks-youtube-subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fun efl practice\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px; vertical-align: middle; -webkit-box-shadow: none; -moz-box-shadow: none; box-shadow: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-emoji-one\/icons\/1F600.png\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/>\u00a0richyrocks english on youtube<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>the question <em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>kendrick ordered the code red, didn&#8217;t he<\/strong>?<\/span><\/em> (at :16)\u00a0is a <strong><a title=\"a tag question from richard sherman\u2019s fathead commercial\" href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/richard-shermans-friend-dave\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tag question<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong>tag questions are commonly used to confirm information rather than directly inquire about something.\u00a0the direct question in this case would be\u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">did kendrick order the code red?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>a tag question consists of a statement, (<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">kendrick ordered the code red<\/span>) and a tag made up of an auxiliary and a\u00a0pronoun (<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">didn&#8217;t he?<\/span>). \u00a0when the statement is affirmative the tag must be negative and vice versa.<\/p>\n<h6><em><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-161\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/kiefer-a-few-good-men-300x204.jpeg\" alt=\"kiefer-a-few-good-men\" width=\"232\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/kiefer-a-few-good-men-300x204.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/kiefer-a-few-good-men.jpeg 533w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>kiefer sutherland portrayed lieutenant kendrick in <strong>a few good men.<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n<p>in the movie, kendrick is an officer on colonel jessup&#8217;s staff, and <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">code red<\/span> <\/strong>is a tactic involving physical and psychological abuse. it is applied to a mediocre marine named santiago serving under jessup&#8217;s command but it goes <a title=\"&#039;too far&#039; like &#039;too much&#039; means &#039;excessive&#039;. click for an example of &#039;too far&#039; related to katy perry&#039;s song &quot;last friday night&quot;.\" href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/blacked-blur\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>too far<\/em><\/a> and leads to santiago&#8217;s death. after an investigation, jessup is tied to the murder and eventually brought to trial.<\/p>\n<p>at :24 the accuasation against colonel jessup is that he <em><strong>cut guys <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"several other examples of &#039;loose&#039;. &amp; its opposite &#039;tight&#039;\" href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/tight-loose-not-lose\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">loose<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">,<\/span> specifically the marines responsible for\u00a0applying the code red to santiago. \u00a0the idea is that when the investigation started to connect jessup to the code red, <em><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">he didn&#8217;t continue to defend these marines&#8217; actions<\/span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/jt-walsh-a-few-good-men.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-160\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/jt-walsh-a-few-good-men-300x225.gif\" alt=\"jt-walsh-u can't handle the truth\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><em>the late j.t. walsh, a favorite hollywood actor of mine, plays lieutenant colonel markinson in <strong>a few good men.<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n<p>at :27 colonel jessup is accused of ordering markinson, another officer on his staff, to sign a <a title=\"things mick jagger &amp; u2 have learned\" href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/things-mick-jagger-u2-learned\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>phony<\/strong><\/em><\/a> transfer order. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>phony<\/em><\/span> means <em>false, fake<\/em> or <em>not authentic<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>at :29 one last accusation is levelled against colonel jessup: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>doctoring<\/em> the law books<\/span>. \u00a0<em><strong>doctoring<\/strong> <\/em>means <em>falsifying<\/em> or <em>tampering with.<\/em><\/p>\n<h6><em><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-159\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/trust-doctor-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"trust-doctor\" width=\"233\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/trust-doctor-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/trust-doctor-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/trust-doctor-175x175.jpg 175w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/trust-doctor.jpg 400w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/trust-doctor-85x85.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>the action of doctoring does not require a doctor.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>finally, at :42 the prosecutor tells colonel jessup that he is <em><strong>entitled<\/strong><\/em> to answers. this means <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>he believes he has the right<\/em><\/span> to require the colonel to answer his questions.<\/p>\n<p>have u seen <em><strong>a few good men<\/strong><\/em>? \u00a0did u like it? are u familiar with the line &#8220;u can&#8217;t handle the truth&#8221;? have u ever heard someone use it? share your observations under <strong>leave a reply<\/strong><\/p>\n<form name=\"s2form\" method=\"post\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"ip\" value=\"216.73.217.60\" \/><span style=\"display:none !important\"><label 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