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Baseball bats are made of wood. Skulls are made of easily shattered bone. When the two meet... hilarity ensues! Or, to be more accurate, hideous crunching noises, followed by a damp squelching, a spreading puddle of blood and then slow, painful death - as evidenced here in this chilling, David Mamet-scripted scene in The Untouchables. Robert De Niro’s Al Capone, hosting a dinner for his goombahs, produces a baseball bat, with which he proceeds to make a rousing speech about teamwork… before bashing in the brains of an odious minion who recently screwed up. "A man become pre-eminent, he is expected to have enthusiasms... enthusiasms... enthusiasms," Capone says earlier. Given the relish with which he swings the bat, it’s safe to say that we’ve found his.
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