Daily Dialogue — June 9, 2014

Samantha: Thanks for getting my undies back.
Jake: Thanks for coming over.
Samantha: Thanks for coming to get me.
Jake: Happy Birthday, Samantha. Make a wish.
Samantha: It already came true.

— Sixteen Candles (1984), written by John Hughes

The Daily Dialogue theme for this week: Birthday.

Trivia: The movie’s line “Can I borrow your underpants for ten minutes?” was voted as #86 of “The 100 Greatest Movie Lines” by Premiere in 2007.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Hollywood has an old saying: “Give ’em what they expect. Then give ’em what they want.” The ending of Sixteen Candles is a perfect example of this. You can see the actual transition as Samantha stands outside the church as everyone leaves. We see Jake before she does. Then she sees him. She didn’t expect it… but it’s what she wanted. Her line, “It already came true” confirms that fact.

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