In Full Metal Jacket, whats the bit about Jokers desire to slip the tubesteak to cowboys sister about?
In Full Metal Jacket, Joker is given responsibility to get Private Pyle into shape. We see several scenes where it appears that, under Joker’s tutelage, Pyle seems to be improving as a soldier. All of this is undone when Sgt. Hartmann finds the jelly donut in Pyle’s footlocker, and punishes the entire platoon as a result. One night the platoon, fed up with the punishments over Pyle’s ineptitude, attacks Pyle in his sleep. Even Joker takes part in the attack, although reluctantly. This breaks Pyle psychologically; although he throws himself into his training with focus and zeal, we see that he’s also becoming sullen and withdrawn. Joker first notices that Pyle’s cracking when he sees Pyle talking lovingly to his gun. The next scene shows Cowboy and Joker mopping the latrine floor. Joker, checking to see if anyone’s around, tells Cowboy that he thinks Pyle’s cracking up. Cowboy’s not enthusiastic about Pyle, or even talking about Pyle. So, Joker changes the subject with a joke. He says,
In Full Metal Jacket, Joker is given responsibility to get Private Pyle into shape. We see several scenes where it appears that, under Joker’s tutelage, Pyle seems to be improving as a soldier. All of this is undone when Sgt. Hartmann finds the jelly donut in Pyle’s footlocker, and punishes the entire platoon as a result. One night the platoon, fed up with the punishments over Pyle’s ineptitude, attacks Pyle in his sleep. Even Joker takes part in the attack, although reluctantly. This breaks Pyle psychologically; although he throws himself into his training with focus and zeal, we see that he’s also becoming sullen and withdrawn. Joker first notices that Pyle’s cracking when he sees Pyle talking lovingly to his gun.
