Daily Dialogue — July 26, 2018

Tom is listening to headphones. Summer enters the elevator and Tom actively puts on a show to ignore her. Summer hears the music.

Summer: The Smiths.

Tom, pretending not to hear or care, gives her an unenthusiastic wave.

Summer: I love the Smiths.

Tom, still pretending, takes off his headphones.

Tom: Sorry?
Summer: I said I love the Smiths. You have good taste in music.

A beat as Tom processes this information.

Tom: [amazed] You… like the Smiths?
Summer: [singing] “To die by your side, such a heavenly way to die.” [speaking] I love ‘em.

The elevator doors open and she gets off.

Tom: [accidentally out loud] Holy shit.

— (500) Days of Summer (2009), written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Elevator.

Trivia: The Smiths’ “Louder Than Bombs,” The Jesus & Mary Chain’s “Psychocandy,” and Public Image Ltd.’s “Album” can been seen in Tom’s childhood room.

Dialogue On Dialogue: The first breakthrough Tom makes with Summer is… a true elevator music moment. Clever. I’m very clever.