Daily Dialogue — July 18, 2012

Banky: Alright, now see this? This is a four-way road, okay? And dead in the center is a crisp, new, hundred dollar bill. Now, at the end of each of these streets are four people, okay? You following?

Holden: Yeah.

Banky: Good. Over here, we have a male-affectionate, easy to get along with, non-political agenda lesbian. Down here, we have a man-hating, angry as fuck, agenda of rage, bitter dyke. Over here, we got Santa Claus, and up here the Easter Bunny. Which one is going to get to the hundred dollar bill first?

Holden: What is this supposed to prove?

Banky: No, I’m serious. This is a serious exercise. It’s like an SAT question. Which one is going to get to the hundred dollar bill first? The male-friendly lesbian, the man-hating dyke, Santa Claus, or the Easter bunny?

Holden: The man-hating dyke.

Banky: Good. Why?

Holden: I don’t know.

Banky: [shouting] Because the other three are figments of your fucking imagination!

— Banky [Jason Lee], Holden [Ben Affleck], Chasing Amy (1997), written by Kevin Smith

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is side characters suggested by Teddy Pasternak. Today’s suggestion by David Proenza.

Trivia: Kevin Smith wrote the script inspired by his experience with then-girlfriend Joey Lauren Adams.

Dialogue On Dialogue: David observes, “The ultimate Side Character will always be Banky Edwards from ‘Chasing Amy’ (1997) — infinitely quotable.” Quotability is certainly a major factor to a memorable side character.