Daily Dialogue — May 6, 2014

“New, delicious, Soylent Green: the miracle food of high-energy plankton gathered from the oceans of the world.”

— Soylent Green (1973), Stanley R. Greenberg (screenplay), Harry Harrison (novel)

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Lying.

Trivia: The word “Soylent” is a holdover from the Harry Harrison novel “Make Room! Make Room!” upon which this film is based. In the novel, the word is supposed to suggest soybeans and lentils.

Dialogue On Dialogue: A huge institutional lie because soylent green is… well, if you haven’t seen the movie, I won’t spoil it to you.

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