Daily Dialogue — June 24, 2014

“I’m here to warn ya, that ya gotta be very careful about this shot that you got at the title. Because, like the Bible sez, you ain’t gonna get a second chance… Well, what ya need is a manager. A manager, listen to me. I know, because I’ve been in this racket for fifty years… I’ve seen it all, all of it. Ya know what I’ve done?… I have done it all… [He holds a bare lightbulb in front of his face] I’ve got twenty-one stitches over this left eye. I’ve got thirty-four stitches over this eye. Do ya know that I had my nose busted seventeen times?… [He glances at Rocky’s poster of Rocky Marciano] Ya kinda remind me of the Rock, ya know that?… Ya move like him, ya got heart like he did… I got all this knowledge, I got it up here now, I wanna give it to you… I wanna take care of ya, I wanna make sure that all this shit that happened to me doesn’t happen to you… Ya can’t buy what I’m gonna give ya.”

— Rocky (1976), written by Sylvester Stallone

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Sports Speech, suggested by Kalen. Today’s suggestion by David Proenza.

Trivia: Although Sylvester Stallone famously wrote the first draft of the script in 3 days, it went through nine sizable rewrites before it was purchased by Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff. Originally, Stallone’s much darker script depicted Mickey (Burgess Meredith) as a bitter old racist, and the film ended with Rocky throwing the fight after realizing he did not want to be part of the professional boxing world.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary by David: “Such an awesome speech. Mickey is completely humbled, a shell of what we witnessed earlier, offering his services.”

Note: Could use your suggestions for this week’s theme. Thanks!

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