@DanFriedman81 The harsh but fair reaction to DFW's "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again" that I once read was "The only lesson to be learned from that article is that we shouldn't take the word of someone who is suicidally depressed about what is and isn't fun."
My mentor calls these "shoe leather beats" where you're getting characters where they need to be while resetting the tension and offering a bit of narrative padding type of deal.
It works so well in The Fugitive because it accomplishes all of the above while giving the Marshals distinct color and making them truly three dimensional. In fact, these moments landed so well that the entire sequel (U.S. Marshals) was built on the back of this group's chemistry.
A Jew became Muslim. He regretted it. He went back to Judaism.
Muhammad was alive. His governors in Yemen, Abu Musa and Mu‘adh, had the man tied.
Mu‘adh refused to sit until they killed him. “The verdict of Allah and His Apostle.” They killed him.
Bukhari. Not a rumor.
Then they recite: no compulsion in religion.
The compulsion was not at the door. It was at the exit.
@killerjoefilm@boywaif I don't know what it says, maybe nothing, but just by looking at a picture of the 3 owners, I was able to guess the two that fucked off and the one that stayed. See if you can guess too.