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Technically, this could be analyzed as too much gain in the artificial control signal, which, in a realistic scenario, would likely result in oscillating behavior, jerky grasping, etc.
Instead of chomping on beef jerky yourself, hoping the mother of all grazers will get the hint, why not opt for a more direct approach?
And as the women become more comfortable with each other, opening themselves up to their memories and feelings, the meter of the film shifts from jerky to expansive.
The heroes of Real Life (1979), Modern Romance (1981), and Lost in America (1985) have their jerky sides (emotionally squeamish viewers tend to find them repellent), but they also have compensatory gifts--chiefly Brooks' urgent babble, in which pleas are made and then restated and then turned inside out in a way that brilliantly (and hilariously) distills neurotic thought processes.
She is invariably crunching an apple or snacking on beef jerky every time I talk to her.