Daily Dialogue — December 21, 2015

Willie: You people are monsters.
Marcus: There’s no joy in this for me, Willie.
Willie: I’m not talking about you taking me out. That part I get. Look at all that shit. Do you really need all that shit. For Chrissakes, it’s Christmas.
Marcus: It is Christmas, Willie, but this is what we do. We get the shit. Christmas time we get the shit. Because we are men and Lois. It is Christmas, Willie, and we are men and Lois.
Lois: What you waiting for, honey. Come on. Plug him.
Marcus: Goodbye, Willie.
Cop: Drop the gun. And you Santa, drop the elephant.

— Bad Santa (2003), written by Glenn Ficarra, John Requa

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Christmas Frenzy. Today’s suggestion by Michael Waters.

Trivia: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen and Terry Zwigoff revised the screenplay.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary by Michael: “Funniest Christmas movie ever. The horrors of Christmas, i.e. all that shit you don’t need, brought home in one funny scene. The whole conceit of the movie is a brilliant one off and a tribute to thinking out of the box. What if Santa wasn’t a sweet and kind old man who doted on children but was a boozy, lecherous, unreliable criminal.”