Why does Nicolas Cage's character laugh at guy's name in Bad Lieutenant?
In Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Terence (played by Nicolas Cage) finds the name of one of the guy's he's looking for hilarious! The guy is nicknamed G. Every time he mentions it, he laughs a little.
Is this just a funny unexplained quirk or there's a joke I'm not getting?
Best Answer
I love this film and having watched it on multiple occasions following its release I believe it is just a personal quirk as opposed to having any deeper significance.
'G' is possibly the most cliched nickname one can have in contemporary American urban crime circles and indeed, the legendary 'Urban Dictionary' lists its top definition of 'G' as a prison orientated shortened form of 'gansta'/gangster.
As Terrance is often high on powder or crack cocaine when he is not using cannabis or opiates and opioids, like many others who use such drugs he finds profound hilarity within things that most others would consider trivial or of no particular note.
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