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A few good men attempting to handle a few market truths

Chew Sutat
Chew Sutat • 7 min read
A few good men attempting to handle a few market truths
A Few Good Men, made famous by Nicholson’s (centre) scream: “You can’t handle the truth!” / Image: Alpha Coders
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Unless you are long in the tooth like me, few will remember the 1992 movie A Few Good Men. For those who do, they might remember Tom Cruise and Demi Moore respectively in their dashing uniforms as US Navy lawyers.

However, the actor who stole the show was Jack Nicholson who played US Marine colonel Nathan Jessup and screamed the memorable line, “You can’t handle the truth!” at Cruise who outwitted him into admitting to a crime.

Was the colonel really the villain in the movie? Was he merely trying to reach the same objectives but with different methods? Or was he simply upholding old values and virtues that were no longer relevant?

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