Daily Dialogue — May 8, 2018

“You’re a disease… and I’m the cure.”

— Cobra (1986), screenplay by Sylvester Stallone, novel by Paul Gosling

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Action Hero Wisecracks.

Trivia: When Sylvester Stallone was signed to play the lead in Beverly Hills Cop (1984), he did a lot of work on the screenplay, turning it into an action extravaganza that the studio couldn’t afford. He eventually left Beverly Hills Cop and channeled his ideas for that project into this movie.

Dialogue On Dialogue: I suppose it doesn’t really qualify as a wisecrack, but it’s soooooo typical of the whole 80s action movie hero having just the right thing to say at just the right moment trope.