Daily Dialogue — March 20, 2016

“It’s past ten. My daughter is in pain. I don’t understand why she has to have this pain. All she has to do is hold out until ten, and IT’S PAST TEN! My daughter is in pain, can’t you understand that! GIVE MY DAUGHTER THE SHOT!”

— Terms of Endearment (1983), screenplay by James L. Brooks, book by Larry McMurtry

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Customer Service, suggested by David Proenza.

Trivia: James L. Brooks settled on Shirley MacLaine to play Aurora because “she was the only one who saw it as a comedy.”

Dialogue On Dialogue: This is a great moment in that it reveals a level of connection between Aurora and her daughter we had not seen up to this point, her concern rattling Aurora’s cold demeanor.