Daily Dialogue — May 21, 2013

“Ruthie Pigface Draper, Ruthie Pigface Draper. There’s a girl coming over here, she’s on her way right now. She’s driving here to meet Danny. What’s Her name? Ruthie, Pigface, Draper. (Ruthie) She’s living in a house of bricks, not straw or sticks. I’ll be your big bad wolf, I love your cute curly tail. This little piggie went to market, this little piggie stayed home. This little piggie had roast beef, this little piggie had none. Wee, wee, wee, wee, wee, wee, wee, wee, wee, wee, All the way home!”

— Dan In Real Life (2007), written by Pierce Gardner, Peter Hedges

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is original composition [song/poem], sugggested by churnage who also submitted Dan in Real Life.

Trivia: Largely based on co-writer Pierce Gardner’s personal experiences on years going to summer vacations at Rehoboth Beach, Delaware with his wife’s extended family.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary from churnage: “Dan hasn’t been on a real date since his wife died several years ago. His family sets himself up with an ugly duckling hometown girl Ruthie Draper, whom his brother and brother-in-law proceed to make a subject of an impromptu, hilarious song about called ‘Ruthie Pig-Faced Draper.’ Nothing like family to rub salt into the wound. Of course, the joke’s on his family… Ruthie has transformed herself since high school and turned into a character played by the fetching Emily Blount.’

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