I was three days into this project when I realized that I’m going to have to start thinking like a researcher. Which is a bit of a challenge for me, because, well, I’m not a researcher.

There are holes in my data that need fixing. For example, I listened to the first seven episodes without the intention of gathering data, so my list of Denzelisms is largely from memory.

Back to Episode 2: The Equalizer.

Here’s the starting list of Denzelisms from that episode:

  • The walk
  • General badassery
  • The lip
  • The speech
  • Denzel’s humor
  • The “Oh, really … oh, ok, ok” reaction. (Kamau and Kevin went on to call it something else, but I can’t go there.)

In future episodes they added:

  • The stutter
  • The thousand-yard stare
  • The cough
  • The Glory Tear
  • No white women as lovers (not on the chart yet)

Below is the updated chart (also see the latest table on which it is based):

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