Daily Dialogue — December 17, 2013

Cineplex Manager: What the hell is wrong with you?
Enid: What? I was just joking around with the customers. It’s my schtick.
Cineplex Manager: Well, lose it! And why aren’t you pushing the larger sizes? Didn’t you get training about upsizing?
Enid: Yeah. But I feel really weird. It’s pretty sleazy.
Cineplex Manager: It’s not OPTIONAL!
[he leaves her]
Enid: [rolls her eyes] Jesus.
[a customer comes up to the counter]
Soda Customer: Hi, can I get a medium 7-Up?
Enid: Medium? Why sir, do you not know that for a mere 25 cents more you can purchase a large beverage? And you know, I’m only telling because we’re such good friends, medium is really only for suckers who don’t know the concept of value.

— Ghost World (2001), screenplay by Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff, comic book by Daniel Clowes

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is awkward, suggested by Sabina Giado. Today’s suggestion by Illimani.

Trivia: This was the first film to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay based on a Graphic Novel or Comic Book. 
 
Dialogue On Dialogue: Commenary by Illimani: “Ghost World is a movie full of awkward scenes, but this particular moment is a masterclass about how to convey awkward moments in comedy. Enid is a sarcastic teenager forced to work in a shitty job. When her supervisor represses her ironic tendencies she turns them into awkwardness.”

NOTE: We can use more suggestions this week. Think awkward. Think movies. 

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