Daily Dialogue — July 1, 2013

Annie Wilkes: It’s the swearing, Paul. It has no nobility.
Paul Sheldon: These are slum kids, I was a slum kid. Everybody talks like that.
Annie Wilkes: THEY DO NOT! At the feedstore do I say, “Oh, now Wally, give me a bag of that F-in’ pig feed, and a pound of that bitchly cow corn”? At the bank do I say, “Oh, Mrs. Malenger, here is one big bastard of a check, now give me some of your Christ-ing money!” THERE, LOOK THERE, NOW SEE WHAT YOU MADE ME DO!

— Misery (1990), screenplay by William Goldman, novel by Stephen King

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is profanity, suggested by JasperLamarCrab. Today’s suggestion by Illimani.

Trivia: After refusing to speak about his motivations for writing Misery for two decades, Stephen King finally came out and stated that it is indeed about his battle with substance abuse. Kathy Bates’ character is a representation of his dependency on drugs and what it did to his body — making him feel alone, separated from everything, while hobbling any attempts he made at escape. In his statement he said he didn’t come out with it at the time because he wasn’t ready and because he was afraid it would detract from the story.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary from Illimani: “This scene gives us a hint about Annie’s true colors. It also makes believable one of her most awesome quirky traits: she only uses bland expressions (like “dirty bird” or “cockadoodie”) every time she tries to swear after this scene.”

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