Daily Dialogue — September 7, 2016

Don: Shut up, cunt. You louse. You got some fuckin’ neck ain’t you. Retired? Fuck off, you’re revolting. Look at your suntan, it’s leather, it’s like leather man, your skin. We could make a fucking suitcase out of you. Like a crocodile, fat crocodile, fat bastard. You look like fucking Idi Amin, you know what I mean? Stay here? You should be ashamed of yourself. Who do you think you are? King of the castle? Cock of the walk?

He gut-punches Gal.

Don: What you think this is the wheel of fortune? You think you can make your dough and fuck off? Leave the table? Thanks Don, see you Don, off to sunny Spain now Don, fuck off Don. Lying in your pool like a fat blob laughing at me, you think I’m gonna have that? You really think I’m gonna have that, ya ponce. All right, I’ll make it easy for you. God knows you’re fucking trying. Are you gonna do the job? It’s not a difficult question, are you gonna do the job, yes or no? 
Gal: No!
Don: Yes!
Gal: No!
Don: Yes!
Gal: No!
Don: Fat cunt!
Gal: No, No, No!
Don: Yes, Yes, Yes!

— Sexy Beast (2000), written by Louis Mellis, David Scinto

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Argument, suggested by Mark Twain.

Trivia: Reportedly the other actors were so stunned by the ferocity of Ben Kingsley’s performance that they occasionally forgot their lines and much of the fear in their performances wasn’t difficult to act.

Dialogue On Dialogue: There are two-sided arguments where each party stands pretty much on an equal footing. Then there are one-sided arguments where one character simply has no chance against the other. Don is a force of nature as witnessed in this scene.