This One Line From Taylor Swift’s folklore Plays on a Loop in My Head

On folklore, and Hillbilly Elegy.

I’m mystified by acting, by the way a certain movement or intonation can make a whole person feel real. There’s a little magic about hearing a certain sentence said just so — a turn of phrase truly wild and creative, something you wish you’d said that one time, or something that wouldn’t feel right coming out of your mouth — but my God, if it did! My favorite lines in movies usually aren’t the blockbuster one-liners that you can dine out on. They’re the ones with a certain inflection or cadence that exists so curiously and vividly in the moment, you can’t help but sit up a little straighter. I’m talking about Adam Driver telling Scarlett Johansson that she shouldn’t be upset he fucked another woman but that he had a laugh with this other woman. Peter Sarsgaard whimpering to Natalie Portman, asking what the Kennedy family actually accomplished. Natalie Portman, in turn, telling Clive Owen that lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off. Geoffrey Rush informing…