Daily Dialogue — May 24, 2018

Galloway: [refering to Jessup] You put him on the stand and you get it from him!
Kaffee: [sarcastically, referring to Jessup in his apartment] Oh, we get it from him! Yes! No problem! We get it from him. [turns to Sam as if he were Jessup on the stand] Colonel Jessup, isn’t it true that you ordered the Code Red on Santiago?
Lt. Weinberg: Listen, we’re all a little…
Kaffee: [interrupts with game-show buzzer sound] Eeehhhhh! I’m sorry, your time’s run out! What do we have for the losers, judge? Well, for our defendants, it’s a life time at exotic Fort Leavenworth! And, for defense counsel Kaffee, that’s right, it’s a court martial! Yes, Johnny! After falsely accusing a highly decorated Marine officer of conspiracy and perjury, Lieutenant Kaffee will have a long and prosperous career teaching… typewriter maintenance at the Rocco Globbo School for Women! Thank you for playing “Should we or should we not follow the advice of the galactically stupid!”

— A Few Good Men (1992), written by Aaron Sorkin

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Aaron Sorkin.

Trivia: An unnamed executive gave Aaron Sorkin a note: “If Tom Cruise and Demi Moore aren’t going to sleep with each other, why is Demi Moore a woman?” He responded, “I said the obvious answer: Women have purposes other than to sleep with Tom Cruise.” He claimed the incident was his worst experience as a screenwriter.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Another trait of Sorkin dialogue: Sarcasm. Used extremely well here by Kaffee (Tom Cruise).