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Big Mac is the local pub owner and the football club president. He shoots and kills Dumby while Dumby and his friends are allegedly trying to rob the pub. Before the shooting, Big Mac told a racist joke and was rude to the indigenous customers of the pub. Big Mac shows the violent, extreme consequences that follow when racism becomes an accepted status quo. Despite Big Mac’s actions, the townspeople defend him after the shooting, showing how a community can perpetuate racism and unite to protect racist individuals.
Victor “Big Mac” McRae Quotes in Deadly, Unna?
The Deadly, Unna? quotes below are all either spoken by Victor “Big Mac” McRae or refer to Victor “Big Mac” McRae. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 22 Quotes
‘He’s a character ain’t he, that Tommy Red?’ said the old man, when he’d gone.
‘He sure is,’ said Slogs. ‘Pity there’s not more like him out there.’
‘Hey,’ said Big Mac. ‘Did ya hear the one about the boong and the priest?’
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Chapter 26 Quotes
‘BOONGS PISS OFF’ was still there. Seeing it reminded me of the night of the grand final Do. I hadn’t seen Clarence since then. Dumby either. I was having second thoughts about my retirement […] And maybe I’d been wrong about the McRae Medal. Mark Arks had played really well. And that pass of Dumby’s was lunacy.
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Victor “Big Mac” McRae Character Timeline in Deadly, Unna?
The timeline below shows where the character Victor “Big Mac” McRae appears in Deadly, Unna?. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 17
When Blacky and Clarence return to the party, Big Mac , the football club president, is beginning the awards presentation. A local member, the number...
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Big Mac introduces the last award, the Best on Ground trophy, the highest honor on the team....
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Chapter 18
...people on main street mention to him how hot the weather is. He walks past Big Mac in front of the pub, Rocker fixing a car, and Arks at his store. They...
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Chapter 22
...regular customers, including Blacky’s father and both Pickles’ mother and Pickles' father, are all drinking. Big Mac is tending the bar. His hands are down his pants, “adjusting.” This is a gesture...
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As Big Mac serves Pickles and Blacky, someone from the back bar asks for a beer. The townspeople...
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...on how much they like him. Slogs says he wishes there were more like him. Big Mac tells a common joke about “the boong and the priest.” All of the regulars laugh,...
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Chapter 29
...hears the people around him talking about how robbers had broken into the pub and Big Mac had shot three of them, killing two. They don’t know who the robbers are, except...
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...anchor. He’s in shock, but he knows that this must mean Dumby is dead and Big Mac killed him. Blacky vomits.
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Chapter 30
...of what they think happened that night. Blacky says that he knows for certain that Big Mac was the only person in the pub late at night. Big Mac was sleeping when...
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...wearing stockings over their heads came into the bedroom. One carried a gun. They demanded Big Mac unlock the safe. Big Mac said he had to go get the keys out of...
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Chapter 32
Blacky reads the story of the shooting in the local newspaper. The paper reports that Big Mac has left town as tensions increase between the Port and the Point. Blacky also reads...
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Chapter 34
...have had a gun, but he knows Dumby would never hurt anyone. He wonders if Big Mac would go to heaven after killing Dumby.
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Chapter 36
...is talking to the new pub owner, who is just as fat and sweaty as Big Mac . Blacky knows he’ll be safe for a while now because his father will be...
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...the “Boongs piss off” graffiti. Blacky remembers how on the night in the pub when Big Mac told the joke about the boong and the priest, Slogs laughed more than anyone else...
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