Daily Dialogue — October 23, 2012

Sadie: Georgia was embarrassed of me. For me. Georgia needed to help me out of there. Didn’t you, Georgia? See, I thought I was doing fine, but my sister couldn’t leave it alone. For fear of what? For fear of fucking what, Georgia? Did I need saving, Georgia? How good did it feel to be able to pull me out?

Georgia: It felt like a thousand pounds of dead weight, Sadie. Is that what you wanna hear? I don’t want this anymore, Sadie. I want you to let go of me. Let go of me. Please. Please, Sadie. Do whatever you have to do but I don’t wanna be a part of it anymore. I can’t do it. I don’t wanna do it.

— Sadie (Jennifer Jason Leigh), Georgia (Mare Winningham), Georgia (1995), written by Barbara Turner

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The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is sibling rivalry, suggested by Traci Nell Peterson. Today’s suggestion by Teddy Pasternak.

Trivia: The film is based on an actual incident that happened in the family of Jennifer Jason Leigh and Barbara Turner, who is Leigh’s mother and the film’s writer.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Teddy’s commentary: I love that line “It felt like a thousand pounds of dead weight, Sadie.” Very rich, visual and perfectly sums up how Georgia feels about the relationship with her troubled sister.

Screenwriting takeaway: Save your best metaphors and vivid dialogue for emotionally charged scenes like this one and when you really need to drive home a point both for the characters and the audience.

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