Daily Dialogue — December 14, 2015
MONROE: What? You’re not taking him seriously, are you?
CHARLOTTE: Maybe you’ve already slept with her, have you?
Minnie tip-toes down the hall, toward Charlotte’s cracked door. She stops, listens to Monroe and Charlotte fighting.
MONROE: What? Are you crazy? She’s a fucking kid.
Minnie instinctively drops to the ground, to get a better listen. Through the crack in the door, she gets glimpses.
CHARLOTTE: She may be just a kid, but she’s got tits and ass. I think you can see that as well as I can.
Monroe goes close to Charlotte, touching her arm. Minnie winces.
MONROE: Pascal needs to have the fucking shit kicked out of him. Why do you think he would say something like that? He doesn’t want you to be happy. He can’t stand the fact that you’ve moved on.
CHARLOTTE: You are so full of shit, Monroe. I have seen you staring at her tits!
MONROE: What? I don’t even know if she has tits. Maybe she does, maybe she doesn’t. I’ve never looked. I was probably looking at your tits and you got confused.
Minnie looks like she might throw up.
MONROE: Come here. Drink your drink.
Minnie crawls closer, so she can see Monroe and Charlotte on the bed. Monroe feeds Charlotte her drink.
MONROE: Good girl. Don’t let little Mr. PhD manipulate you. You’re a strong woman who doesn’t take shit from anyone. Come on.
CHARLOTTE: Yeah. Uh-huh.
He whispers in her ear.
MONROE: You’re a strong beautiful woman. With the sexiest ass in San Francisco and long legs.
CHARLOTTE: Yeah?
MONROE: Look at you. What else could I possibly want?
This works. Charlotte lets Monroe kiss her neck.
CHARLOTTE: She better not be fucking pregnant. I had kids way too early — I know.
MONROE: Sh-sh-shut up.
CHARLOTTE: Her boobs are growing like crazy.
Minnie looks down at her chest, somewhat pleased.
MONROE: Listen to me- this is all in your head
CHARLOTTE: Is it?
MONROE: YES!
She softens.
CHARLOTTE; I guess it is a little crazy. Pascal just said –
MONROE: Shhh. I don’t want to even hear his name. He’s jealous of what we have. Hey-
CHARLOTTE: Yeah?
MONROE: I’ll show you whose tits I’m lookin’ at.
Minnie watches as he caresses her breasts, and kisses her passionately. Charlotte giggles.
MINNIE (V.O.): I hate Monroe. He seems really gay and kind of washed out.
— The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015), written by Marielle Heller, based on the graphic novel by Phoebe Gloeckner
The Daily Dialogue theme next week: Denial, suggested by Liz Correal. Today’s suggestion by Katha.
Trivia: Alexander Skarsgård’s father, Stellan Skarsgård, starred in the Swedish film “Anita“ (1973), also known as “Anita — ur en tonÃ¥rsflickas dagbok”, which translates as “Anita: From a teenage girl’s diary”.
Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary by Katha: “We know, Minnie knows, Monroe knows — though he denies having slept with Minnie. He betrayed Charlotte with her minor daughter and uses compliments to get out of this situation. His denial changes Minnie‘s feelings for him, for a few scenes at least where she comes back to him. But it‘s a step on her way to independence.”