As evidenced by the numerous times De Palma expostulates “Holy mackerel,” the filmmakers show no respect for his aged juvenility, his apparent physical frailty, or the pain of family ...
He expostulates with her, and when she answers indignantly he shows her the letter he has received. Nan, after they disappear, finds that she is standing on the note which Kirby has dropped and ...
When Erchie's wife Jinnet declares her intention of replacing the range with a gas cooker, Erchie's coal merchant friend Duffy expostulates: "Ye cannae dae that - it jist taks awa' a' the flavour." ...