The “rushing or dragging” scene from Whiplash is a classic.

A great detail from the exchange with the maestro Fletcher (JK Simmons) and student Andrew (Miles Teller) is that Fletcher’s outburst has nothing to do with the tempo.

There are 9x takes and when Fletcher says “rushing”, “dragging” or “not my tempo”, the actual drum beats don’t match up with his corrections.

Director Damien Chazelle was a jazz drummer in high school — which inspired the film — so def set up the scene as such (the mind games is the point…that chair throw is cray). 

Gloriously, a Redditor actually timed each drum attempt and confirmed Fletcher was being a dick (“The damning thing is that in the 7th take, [Andrew] is accused of rushing, even though it is slower than the 8th take, which is supposedly rushing.”)

Solid read: