Daily Dialogue — May 12, 2017

MAN FROM UPSTAIRS: What happened? [as he sees all the different Lego pieces all over the place] No, no, no. This is a disaster. Why…why is…? What? What?! What?! The, the…why is the dragon on top of the luxury condo development?
FINN: I was just playing and…
MAN FROM UPSTAIRS: Look, I know it’s hard to understand. But this is Dad’s stuff, okay? All of this that you see before you is all your father’s. And everything is thought out, there’s… What did you down here? Did you take the top off of the tower?“

— The LEGO Movie (2014), written by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, story by Dan Hegeman & Kevin Hageman and Phil Lord & Christopher Miller

The Daily Dialogue theme for this week: Revelation, suggested by @etom212. Today’s recommendation by Gisela Wehrl.

Trivia: The word “LEGO” is never once uttered.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary by Gisela: “At that point the basic conflict of the story is reveled: Sticking to the instruction manuals or breaking free your creativity, told as a conflict between father and son. This frame-story transports a joyful morality which touched me very much. And it’s very clever concerning the target audience: Family Entertainment should fit kids AND their parents, and the morality gives both something to think about?