Daily Dialogue — January 17, 2016

“Mmmmmm, Juicy Fruit.”

— One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975), screenplay by Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman, novel by Ken Kesey

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Surprise.

Trivia: Author Ken Kesey was so bitter about the way the filmmakers were “butchering” his story that he vowed never to watch the completed film and even sued the movie’s producers because it wasn’t shown from Chief Bromden’s perspective (as the novel is). Years later, he claimed to be lying in bed flipping through TV channels when he settled onto a late-night movie that looked sort of interesting, only to realize after a few minutes that it was this film. He then changed channels.

Dialogue On Dialogue: This is a great surprise, when Chief reveals to McNulty that he not only can hear, he can speak. “You fooled ’em, Chief,” McNulty exclaims.