Daily Dialogue — May 9, 2012
INT. THE LYRIC THEATER — NIGHT
It’s still assholes and elbows on the screen with Sonny Chiba taking on all-comers. Alabama walks through the doors with her bounty of food. She makes a quick scan of the theater. Not many people are there. She makes a beeline for the front whick happens to be Clarence’s area of choice. She picks the row of seats just behind Clarence and starts asking her way down it.
Clarence turns and sees this beautiful girl all alone moving towards him. He turns his attention back to the screen, trying not to be so obvious. When Alabama gets right behind Clarence, her foot thunks a discarded wine bottle, causing her to trip and spill her popcorn over Clarence.
ALABAMA: Oh, look what happened. Oh god, I’m so sorry. Are you OK?
CLARENCE: Yeah. I’m fine. It didn’t hurt.
ALABAMA: I’m the clumsiest person in the world.
CLARENCE: (picking popcorn out of his hair) It’s OK. Don’t worry about it. Accidents happen.
ALABAMA: What a wonderful philosophy. Thanks for being such a sweetheart. You could have been a real dick.
Alabama sits back in her seat to watch the movie. Clarence tries to wipe her out of his mind, which isn’t easy, and get back into the movie. They both watch the screen for a moment. Then, Alabama leans forward and taps Clarence on the shoulder.
ALABAMA: Excuse me… I hate to bother you again. Would you mind too terribly filling me in on what I missed?
CLARENCE: Not at all. I, this guy here, he’s Sonny Chiba.
ALABAMA: The oriental.
CLARENCE: The oriental in black. He’s an assasin. Now, at the beginning he was hired to kill this guy the cops had. So he got himself arrested. They take him into the police station. And he starts kickin’ all the cops’ asses. Now, while keepin’ them at bay, he finds the guy he was supposed to kill. Does a number on him. Kicks the cops’ asses some more. Kicks the bars out of the window. And jumps out into a getaway car that was waiting for him.
ALABAMA: Want some Goobers?
CLARENCE: Thanks a lot.
ALABAMA: I thought Sonny was the good guy.
CLARENCE: He ain’t so much good guy as he’s just a bad motherfucker. Sonny don’t be bullshittin’. He fucks dudes up for life. Hold on, a fight scene’s coming up.
They both watch, eyes wide, as Sonny Chiba kicks asses.
— Clarence (Christian Slater), Alabama (Patricia Arquette), True Romance (1993), written by Quentin Tarantino
The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is first date, suggested by churnage. Today’s suggestion by lizswan.
Trivia: The trivia section in the DVD special features reports that Writer Quentin Tarantino sold this script for about $10,000. With this money he purchased the red Chevy convertible that Vincent Vega drives in Pulp Fiction.
Dialogue On Dialogue: The proverbial ‘meet cute’ with a Tarantino twist.