Daily Dialogue — November 19, 2018

Tina: Do you see that, that wheel in there? There’s like a glob of gunk.
Mel: Yeah, I do.
Tina: Tar.
Mel: We need something to wipe it off with. If we could get like a-
Tina: You know what? Let’s just use my skirt.
Mel: Your skirt?
Tina: I don’t care about it. It’s old.
Mel: Really? Okay.
Tina: Hold this, okay?
Mel: Okay. Here.
Tina: Just- If you can…
Mel: Hold still.
Tina: Yeah. Okay.

She hikes up her skirt.

Mel: I’m sorry. Oh. I’m sorry.
Tina: Well-
Mel: Uh, you got it, though. You got it.
Tina: Good.
Mel: Yeah. So how long did you say you were a dancer for?
Tina: Oh, God, don’t remind me. I haven’t been to the gym in months.
Mel:Well, you don’t seem like you need to go to the gym. — I mean- You seem…
Tina: Well, you’re very generous. But when I was dancing, you know, my calves did not look like this.
Mel: Those look like very strong calves to me.
Tina: Well, strong, yeah. They’ve always been strong. When I was a kid, you know… I used to beat my brothers at Indian wrestling all the time.

They’re Indian wrestling.

Tina: You feel it in your legs?
Mel: It’s really more about upper-body strength, isn’t it?
Tina: No, it’s all in the legs.
Mel: How?
Tina: You’ll see when you lose your balance.

— Flirting With Disaster (1996), written by David O. Russell

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Seduction.

Trivia: The film cast includes one Oscar winner: Patricia Arquette; and six Oscar nominees: Josh Brolin, Alan Alda, Richard Jenkins, George Segal, Mary Tyler Moore and Lily Tomlin.

Dialogue On Dialogue: As the title foretells, there is some serious flirting going on in this movie, particularly in this scene with Tina doing her best to seduce Mel.