Daily Dialogue — May 25, 2012
INT. HAPPY’S RESTAURANT — DAY. 35.
HELEN and TRISH sit together.
HELEN
(picking at her food)
Uch. I don’t know why I suggested
this place. Joy recommended it…
TRISH: Well, at least we’re together.
I never get to see you,
you’re so busy.
HELEN: No, you’re so busy.
TRISH: No, you are…
HELEN: Well, I guess I am.
TRISH: Me too.
HELEN: In fact, if I have to do one more
interview…
TRISH: I guess it’s hard, all this success.
HELEN: It’s just I’m so tired of…of being
admired all the time. All these men…
I mean, they’re all beautiful,
artistic minds, great sex, the whole
package…but hollow, you know what
I mean? I feel nobody’s really honest
with me. Nobody wants me for me.
TRISH: They’re not family.
HELEN: Oh, Trish. If only I had your
husband, kids, carpool.
TRISH: Well, I may “have it all,” but
sometimes I wonder what my life
would have been like if I’d
actually tried to write a novel.
HELEN: Oh, I’m sure it would have been good.
TRISH: Maybe I will write one.
HELEN: Oh, you should… Just try…
Pause.
TRISH: No, I don’t need that kind of success.
HELEN: Uch, listen to us. We who have
everything while Joy… What does she have?
TRISH: You’re right. And she’s just getting older.
HELEN: Last night she called — I was
in bed with Vilmos — no, Huraki –
and she was in tears. She told me
she’d quit her job…
TRISH: Oh, but…but that’s her lifeline!
HELEN: She said she wanted to “change”
her life. Do “good” work with
the poor, the needy…
TRISH: I don’t get it.
HELEN: Don’t even try. She understands
she already is good. She doesn’t need to
do good.
TRISH: And what about her music career?
HELEN: I don’t know, but don’t hold your
breath. Anyway, listen. This is all
top secret. She doesn’t want anyone
to know.
TRISH: Oh.
(a beat)
But she told you.
HELEN: She felt she could trust me.
TRISH: ’Cause I always thought I was
someone she could confide in.
A BUSBOY comes by, refills their water glasses, leaves.
TRISH: Did you speak to Mom?
HELEN: You mean about the split-up?
TRISH: Oh. I-I thought it was top secret.
HELEN: Just for Joy. Sensitive Joy.
Everyone else knows.
TRISH: Oh.
A WAITER comes by.
WAITER: Can I help you with anything else?
HELEN: Oh, no thanks.
The WAITER leaves the check, clears the plates, goes off.
TRISH picks up the check, looks at it.
HELEN: Thanks for lunch. I really
enjoyed this.
— Trish (Cynthia Stephenson), Helen (Lara Flynn Boyle), Happiness (1986), written Todd Solondz
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Trivia: Premiere voted this movie as one of “The 25 Most Dangerous Movies”.
Dialogue On Dialogue: This scene is a tale of two sisters. Two very different sisters.
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