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	~~<div class=~~"~~thumbinner~~" ~~style="width:302px;">~~		''"I just... don't think I can handle... eating this... asparagus."''

	~~[[File:~~because, as it were~~.png~~\|[[~~File:because~~,~~_as_it_were.png\|300px\|thumb~~]]]]		'''''because, as it were''''' is an [[Independent film\|independent film]] by [[Strong Sad]], clips of which are shown in the [[Strong Bad Email]] "[[independent]]". Strong Sad has proudly declared it the world's first "faux-budget" film; it was financed entirely with [[Monopoly (game)\|Monopoly]] money. The film's strange title is an excerpt from a sentence displayed in its first scene:
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			>If not for inspiration, to<br />
			>wit, '''because, as it were''', only<br />
			>begotten from greed, whosoever<br />
			>would make its plaintiff clear.<br /><br />
			> -Nobody U. Know<br />
			> (deceased)
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	~~[[File:because~~, as ~~it were~~.~~png\|~~[[~~File:magnify-clip.png\|15px\|thumb]]~~]]		The film appears to be very experimental, and is shot in black and white on a hand-held film camera. It features a bizarre soundtrack that Strong Sad made himself by weeping softly into the wrong end of a saxophone. The film's plot, if it can be called one, is extremely vague. There appear to be some recurring symbols, such as jigsaw puzzle pieces and a dead potted plant, but their significance and meanings are unknown. The only apparent character is played by [[Homestar Runner]], who was paid 21 dollars of Monopoly money by Strong Sad. Homestar's character apparently doesn't think he can handle eating a piece of asparagus.

	~~</div>~~		Once finished, ''because, as it were'' had a single 8:00 pm showing at the house of a man named Art. This was apparently followed by Strong Sad whining.
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	'''''because, as it were''''' is an [[Independent film\|independent film]] by [[Strong Sad]], clips of which are shown in the [[Strong Bad Email]] "[[independent]]". Strong Sad has proudly declared it the world's first "faux-budget" film; it was financed entirely with [[Monopoly (game)\|Monopoly]] money. The film's strange title is an excerpt from a sentence displayed in its first scene:

	~~<blockquote>If not for inspiration, to<br />~~
	~~wit, '''because, as it were''', only<br />~~
	~~begotten from greed, whosoever<br />~~
	~~would make its plaintiff clear.<br />~~
	~~<br />~~
	~~<span style="white-space:pre;"> -Nobody U. Know</span><br />~~
	~~<span style="white-space:pre;"> (deceased)</span></blockquote>~~
	The film appears to be very experimental, and is shot in black and white on a hand-held film camera. It features a bizarre soundtrack that Strong Sad made himself by weeping softly into the wrong end of a saxophone. The film's plot, if it can be called one, is extremely vague. There appear to be some recurring symbols, such as jigsaw puzzle pieces and a dead potted plant, but their significance and meanings are unknown. The only apparent character is played by [[Homestar Runner]], who was paid 21 dollars of Monopoly money by Strong Sad. Homestar's character apparently doesn't think he can handle eating a piece of asparagus.

	Once finished, ''because, as it were'' had a single 8:00 pm showing at the house of a man named Art. This was apparently followed by Strong Sad whining.

	Strong Sad's previous attempts at experimental filmmaking were shown in [[Experimental Film]] and [[Sbemail 150?!?]].		Strong Sad's previous attempts at experimental filmmaking were shown in [[Experimental Film]] and [[Sbemail 150?!?]].

	~~<span id~~=~~"see-also"></span>~~		== See Also ==
	=~~= <span class="mw-headline">~~See Also~~</span>~~ ==

	* ''[[city (comma) state]]''		* ''[[city (comma) state]]''
			[[Category:Movies]]
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'''''because, as it were''''' is an [[Independent film|independent film]] by [[Strong Sad]], clips of which are shown in the [[Strong Bad Email]] "[[independent]]". Strong Sad has proudly declared it the world's first "faux-budget" film; it was financed entirely with [[Monopoly (game)|Monopoly]] money. The film's strange title is an excerpt from a sentence displayed in its first scene:

<blockquote>If not for inspiration, to<br />
wit, '''because, as it were''', only<br />
begotten from greed, whosoever<br />
would make its plaintiff clear.<br />
<br />
<span style="white-space:pre;"> -Nobody U. Know</span><br />
<span style="white-space:pre;"> (deceased)</span></blockquote>
The film appears to be very experimental, and is shot in black and white on a hand-held film camera. It features a bizarre soundtrack that Strong Sad made himself by weeping softly into the wrong end of a saxophone. The film's plot, if it can be called one, is extremely vague. There appear to be some recurring symbols, such as jigsaw puzzle pieces and a dead potted plant, but their significance and meanings are unknown. The only apparent character is played by [[Homestar Runner]], who was paid 21 dollars of Monopoly money by Strong Sad. Homestar's character apparently doesn't think he can handle eating a piece of asparagus.

Once finished, ''because, as it were'' had a single 8:00 pm showing at the house of a man named Art. This was apparently followed by Strong Sad whining.

Strong Sad's previous attempts at experimental filmmaking were shown in [[Experimental Film]] and [[Sbemail 150?!?]].

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== <span class="mw-headline">See Also</span> ==

* ''[[city (comma) state]]''

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