Talk:Outbreak (film)

Latest comment: 1 year ago by Doniago in topic Rabid/Rapid

I read that Carrie Fisher worked as a script doctor on this film edit

In 'In Praise of Difficult Women' by Karen Karbo 188.29.134.80 (talk) 19:02, 1 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

Rabid/Rapid edit

I note that the quotation about "director Wolfgang Petersen's rabid pacing" is an accurate transcription of the Washington Post review. Should the article highlight the fact that the review uses the word "rabid" ("of or pertaining to rabies") rather than the word "rapid" ("very swift or quick")? In light of the subject-matter, I realise that this was probably a pun rather than a typographical error by the Post. Alekksandr (talk) 21:40, 16 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

"Rabid" can be used to mean that someone did something very quickly in a somewhat frenzied state, i.e. as though rabid.[1] As such, it may or may not have been a pun, but it's not an error. DonIago (talk) 01:28, 17 August 2022 (UTC)Reply