Daily Dialogue — July 25, 2016

RODERT DEAN enters the kitchen. He sees CARLA and gives her a kiss, their dog growls and barks.

ROBERT DEAN: (to dog) Hey, you’re about a bark and a half from being homeless.

CARLA is watching a CNN interview to CONGRESSMAN ALBERT.

CARLA: Listen to this fascist gasbag!

ROBERT DEAN takes off his jacket.

ROBERT DEAN: Uhhh.. Ohhh!

The camera switches to CONGRESSMAN ALBERT on the TV.

ALBERT (V.O.): … and freedom have always existed in a very percurious balance. And when buildings stop blowing up, people’s priorities tend to change…
ROBERT DEAN: He’s got a point there, sweetie!
CARLA: Bobby!!!
ROBERT DEAN: I mean, who is this idiot?
CARLA: He’s talking about ending personal privacy.

ROBERT DEAN heads to the fridge.

CARLA: Do you want your phone tapped?
ROBERT DEAN: I’m not planning on blowing up the country.

ROBERT DEAN opens the fridge and takes out a bag of sealed berries and a jug of juice.

CARLA: How do we know until we’ve heard all of your dirty little secrets.
ROBERT DEAN: You’re just gonna have to trust me!
ROBERT DEAN kisses CARLA.
CARLA: Ohh… I know, we’ll just tap the criminals, we won’t suspend the civil rights of the good people.
ROBERT DEAN: Right!
CARLA: Then who decides which is which?

ROBERT DEAN empties the berries into a blender.

ROBERT DEAN: Honey, I think you should!
CARLA: No, I think you should take this more seriously.
ROBERT DEAN: Honey, I think your taking it seriously for both of us and half the people on the block.

ROBERT DEAN pours orange juice into the blender and starts the blender. CONGRESSMAN ALBERT is still on the TV.

ALBERT (V.O.): Tens of millions of foreign nationals living within our borders and many consider the United States their enemy and they see acts of terrorism…

— Enemy of the State (1998), written by David Marconi

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Apprehension suggested by Jon. Today’s suggestion by Lois Bernard.

Trivia: Reynold’s birthday is 9–11. Ironically, the “surveillance society” Hammersly mentions would eventually become the “Patriot Act” passed under the Bush administration post-9/11, only three years after this film is produced.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary by Lois: “Any relevance to the present election cycle is purely coincidental.”