Can't cut it out...

Re: Can't cut it out...

Postby TheLionPrince » October 27th, 2011, 11:16 pm

[quote="Simbaholic"]Hmm.. :thoughtful2:

It could be that:
Rafiki is annoying Simba to get his attention
Simba tells him to cut it out
But Rafiki needs Simba's attention so he continues
He can't 'cut out' being annoying because he needs to speak to Simba, and if he did cut it out, he still needs to speak to Simba, so he would annoy him again, effectivly his annoyance 'growing back'

Sorry if that makes little sense, it's incredibly difficult to explain what i'm thinking :)[/quote]

As well as I, I never looked into deeper meaning of when Rafiki says he can't cut it out because it'll grow right back. But, as I reading the comments on this forum, I agree more with Simbaholic. I doubt Rafiki is referring to his fur (though it will grow if you cut it), but to his annoying of Simba.

To paraphase Simbaholic's word, "cut it out" means to stop, and Simba wants Rafiki to stop annoying him. If Rafiki stops annoying Simba for a minute (which is when he "cuts it out"), he'll continue annoying him later on that night, therefore that's how the annoyance "grows back", so he can get Simba's awareness on revisiting Mufasa.
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Re: Can't cut it out...

Postby Ophelia » October 28th, 2011, 12:25 am

I agree with Simbaholic and TheLionPrince's words.

I never put very deep thought into it, because I recognized it immediately as a pun...maybe I'm the only one. xP It might be because I understand Rafiki's humor in a way. Anyways, I always saw it as Simba going, "Cut it out!" as in: "Stop annoying me and acting weird!" but Rafiki goes, "Can't cut it out - it'll grow right back," in a manner as if to say, "I can't stop being like this. If I tried, I'd just fail, and we'd end up back here again."

Hopefully that makes sense, but that's how I saw it.
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Re: Can't cut it out...

Postby Auon » October 29th, 2011, 12:04 am

I think Rafiki was referring to either his tail, or the "fruits" on his staff and/or he just wanted to confuse Simba.
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Re: Can't cut it out...

Postby WindAnnWise » December 15th, 2011, 4:09 pm

I agree with the "he can't stop being annoying" theory. More threads that make me really think about the movie! Yay! The thing that I think is a little bit funnier in that scene is when Simba mutters,
"Creepy little monkey."
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