Can someone explain the Horny M-Fer joke

[fgadmin]

Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Green Mile

---

woeyloey — 9 years ago(January 11, 2017 10:29 PM)

Can someone explain what is so funny about Harry Dean Stanton's joke about Mae west and pooping in hats. I just don't get it.

[fgadmin]

strntz — 9 years ago(January 12, 2017 07:20 AM)

This was the 1930s. In that era, what Toot was saying was bawdy and shocking to them like early Lenny Bruce stand-ups used to be for us. Nowadays we hear the word sh&t on TV programs and shrug whereas "damn" was shocking when first spoken in Gone With The Wind in 1939. Toot was quite risque in his rehearsal speech and the guards reacted accordingly. There isn't much that shocks us anymore.
Is very bad to steal Jobu's rum. Is very bad.