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			<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:302px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:because%2C_as_it_were.png" title=""I just... don't think I can handle... eating this... asparagus.""><img alt="" border="0" class="thumbimage" height="148" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/7/72/because%2C_as_it_were.png/300px-because%2C_as_it_were.png" width="300"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:because%2C_as_it_were.png" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>"I just... don't think I can handle... eating this... asparagus."</div></div></div>
	''"I just... don't think I can handle... eating this... asparagus."''		<p><i><b>because, as it were</b></i> is an <a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Independent_film" title="wikipedia:Independent film">independent film</a> by <a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Sad" title="Strong Sad">Strong Sad</a>, clips of which are shown in the <a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Bad_Email" title="Strong Bad Email">Strong Bad Email</a> "<a href="/index.php?title=independent" title="independent">independent</a>". Strong Sad has proudly declared it the world's first "faux-budget" film; it was financed entirely with <a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Monopoly_%28game%29" title="wikipedia:Monopoly (game)">Monopoly</a> money. The film's strange title is an excerpt from a sentence displayed in its first scene:
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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>		<blockquote>
	>If not for inspiration, to<br />		If not for inspiration, to<br/>
	>wit, ~~'''~~because, as it were~~'''~~, only<br />		wit, <b>because, as it were</b>, only<br/>
	>begotten from greed, whosoever<br />		begotten from greed, whosoever<br/>
	>would make its plaintiff clear.<br /><br />		would make its plaintiff clear.<br/><br/>
	> -Nobody U. Know<br />		<span style="white-space:pre;"> -Nobody U. Know</span><br/>
	> (deceased)		<span style="white-space:pre;"> (deceased)</span>
	</blockquote>		</blockquote>
			<p>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 <a href="/index.php?title=Homestar_Runner" title="Homestar Runner">Homestar Runner</a>, who was paid 21 dollars of <a href="/index.php?title=Monopoly_Money" title="Monopoly Money">Monopoly money</a> by Strong Sad. Homestar's character apparently doesn't think he can handle eating a piece of asparagus.
			</p><p>Once finished, <i>because, as it were</i> had a single 8:00 PM showing at the house of a man named Art. This was apparently followed by Strong Sad whining.
			</p><p>Strong Sad's previous attempts at experimental filmmaking were shown in <a href="/index.php?title=Experimental_Film" title="Experimental Film">Experimental Film</a> and <a href="/index.php?title=Sbemail_150%3F%21%3F" title="Sbemail 150?!?">Sbemail 150?!?</a>.
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	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\|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?!?]].~~

	~~== See Also ==~~

	* ''[[city (comma) state]]''
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''"I just... don't think I can handle... eating this... asparagus."''

'''''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 
>wit, '''because, as it were''', only 
>begotten from greed, whosoever 
>would make its plaintiff clear. 
> -Nobody U. Know 
> (deceased)
</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|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?!?]].

== See Also ==

* ''[[city (comma) state]]''
[[Category:Movies]]

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