It scarcely reduced the amount of drinking that went on and lead to an explosion of organised crime — together with a lot
of rotgut moonshine and bathtub gin.
You Were Never Really Here is an icky,
rotgut noir filtered through a prism of abstract art.
Speakeasies brought men and women together, added music and entertainment to the mix, and prompted the invention of brand - name liquor (to distinguish it from
bathtub rotgut) and sexy cocktails.
After several shots
of rotgut to wash down the uppers, downers and endless fuel of smack, bleary eyed Wayne asks FH if he wants to make a couple bucks to pay for the drinks they're gonna have later (we realize it's only mid-afternoon by this point.)
Hooch, the hard stuff, firewater,
rotgut, moonshine, white lightning, grog, the demon rum,... whatever you call it, we've probably drank it.
Silo thinking is
rotgut of the professions.