Daily Dialogue — January 13, 2017

“You know, I know what you’re thinking, because right now I’m thinking the same thing. Actually, I’ve been thinking it ever since I got here. Why, oh why didn’t I take the blue pill? Good shit, huh? Dozer makes it. It’s good for two things, degreasing engines and killing brain cells. So, can I ask you something? Did he tell you why he did it? Why you’re here. Jee-zus. What a mind job. So you’re here to save the world. What do you say to something like that? A little piece of advice. You see an agent, you do what we do. Run. You run your ass off.”

— The Matrix (1999), written by the Wachowskis

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Advice. Today’s recommendation by Will King.

Trivia: Cypher, whose last name is Reagan, wants to be “important, like an actor,” a wink to President Ronald Reagan. An obvious reference to this is that in the same conversation, Cypher says that he doesn’t want to “remember anything”. President Reagan was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Cypher is a classic Trickster character — ally to enemy — and here he goes about laying the groundwork for his rationale.