Daily Dialogue — November 13, 2016

Lyndon B. Johnson: [Putting medal on Forrest] America owes you a debt of gratitude, son. Now I understand you were wounded. Where were you hit?

Forrest Gump: In the buttocks.

Lyndon B. Johnson: Oh that must be a sight. [Whispering to Forrest] I’d like to see that.

Forrest hesitates… thinks… then pulls down his pants to show his wounded butt. Johnson walks away embarrassed.

Lyndon B. Johnson: God damn, son.

— Forrest Gump (1994), screenplay by Eric Roth, book by Winston Groom

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Embarrassment.

Trivia: Forrest Gump’s Medal of Honor ceremony uses the footage of the actual ceremony for Sammy L. Davis, who was awarded the Medal of Honor on November 19, 1968 by President Lyndon Johnson for his actions in Vietnam a year earlier. Tom Hanks’ head was superimposed on Davis’ body.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Forrest is so guileless, he is unaware that mooning the President, even if unintentional, is an embarrassing thing to do.