What does Mr. Lahey mean by "I am the liquor"?
This is in reference to S5/ep9 I am the Liquor in which Mr. Lahey, in response to Randy's question:
RANDY: Mr. Lahey, is this you talking, or is it the liquor?
LAHEY: Randy... [drinks]... I am the Liquor.
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What does Mr. Lahey mean by this? Does it relate to the Dionysian cult practies and ideas?
(Bacchic revels are an important part of life in Sunnyvale. In other episodes, references are made to "let[ting] the liquor do the thinking" as a method of problem solving, and in Season 11, Mr. Lahey states that the liquor talks to him, providing instructions on actions he must take. Where alcohol is usually regarded as dulling the mental faculties, on Trailer Park Boys it is often presented as a method of achieving clarity, an ironic inversion. But spirits, in the sense of alcohol, are still utilized in religious ceremonies to this day.)
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Randy's question asks if Lahey truly intends what he's saying, or if he's just inebriated and speaking about thoughts that a sober person would have the sense to suppress. Lahey's response means that "the liquor" (being drunk or drinking) is an inseparable part of his identity, and implies that this is his true state of mind.
Bear in mind, an important part of Dunsworth's character is that Lahey will often go on drunken tirades that don't make any sense, such as when he mentions to Randy that people who don't know how to drink "drink against the grain of the liquor". This is a key element of the show's humour, and there aren't necessarily deeper meanings to his statements.
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What liquor does Mr Lahey drink?
In the episode "Jump the Cheeseburger" (S07E07), the label on Lahey's bottle reads "Jeddore Premium", a fictitious brand in an Alberta Premium bottle.What episode does Lahey say I am the liquor?
I Am The Liquor (Episode)I Am The LiquorAirdateJun 12, 2005Episode5x09ProducerMike Clattenburg Barrie Dunn Michael VolpeWriter(s)Mike Clattenburg John Paul Tremblay Robb Wells Mike Smith Jonathan Torrens Iain MacLeod3 more rowsWas Mr Lahey an alcoholic?
And although his Sunnyvale Trailer Park overseer was a booze-swilling grouch in lawman sunglasses, Mr. Dunsworth was kind-hearted and closer to a teetotaller than an alcoholic. "John wasn't a drinker or even a reformed drinker. Just a good actor," says Mike Clattenburg, Trailer Park Boys creator and close friend to Mr.Why does Julian always have a drink?
The drinking habit reportedly came from a tip offered by Trailer Park Boys director Mike Clattenberg. During the filming of the movie that launched the franchise, he told actor John Paul Tremblay that he should mix a drink in order to have something to occupy his hands while he read his lines.jim lahey - \
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It also might be reference to Salvador Dali:
I don't do drugs. I'm drugs.
Taken from an interview conducted by Paloma Chamorro in Madrid (Spain), 1982; as quoted in Salvador Dalí: a la conquista de lo irracional, Javier Pérez Andújar (2003) p. 245.
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