Piece of Cake: Difference between revisions

[[Image:Havesomemoresprite.jpg|left|baseline|thumb|300px|Scene from ''[[The Space Between]]'']]The lyric "Have some more Sprite" was lifted by [[Rivers Cuomo]] from the script of the [[2021]] film ''[[The Space Between]]'' (written by [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0017620/ Will Aldis]), wherein the character Micky Adams ([[Wikipedia:Kelsey Grammer|Kelsey Grammer]]) encourages Charlie Porter (Jackson White) to "have some more 'Sprite'" (actually a beverage laced with drugs). Cuomo, who sometimes employs the use of [[Wikipedia:Python (programming language)|Python]] scripting to choose lyrics,<ref>Heater, Brian. "Rockstar programmer: Rivers Cuomo finds meaning in coding" ''TechCrunch+'' 25 November 2020. https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/25/rock-star-programmer-rivers-cuomo-finds-meaning-in-coding/</ref> confirmed the connection in December of 2021, telling a fan, "I put the movie script into my machine. And when I was writing Piece of Cake, it suggested that line. I chose it without remembering where it came from."<ref>Rivers Cuomo. ''Discord''. 28 December 2021. [[:File:Riverscuomo-discord-sprite.png]]</ref> Cuomo has stated that the "Betty" mentioned in the lyrics was a nonagenarian neighbor who moved away.<ref>[[Riverchat]] discussion; 2021. [[:File:Riverchat pieceofcake.png]]</ref><br clear=all>