Daily Dialogue — November 2, 2016

“To all our listeners, listen to what I have to say. God bless you all. As for you bastards in charge, don’t dream it’s over. Years will come, years will go, and politicians will fuck off to make the world a better place. But all over the world young men and young women will always dream dreams, and put those dreams into song. Nothing important dies tonight, just a few ugly guys and a crappy ship. The only sadness tonight is that in future years, there’ll be so many fantastic songs that it will not be our privilege to play. But, believe-you-me, they will still be written. They will still be sung. And they will be the wonder of the world.”

— Pirate Radio (2009), written by Richard Curtis

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: All Is Lost, suggested by Melinda Mahaffey. Today’s suggestion by Will King.

Trivia: This film is very loosely based on Radio Caroline, a popular pirate radio ship with a similar history and style. It was director Richard Curtis’s intention to weave a fictional story around the many pirate stations of that era, rather than base the story on a factual story.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary by Will: “As the ship sinks, we again get a view into the differing personalities of The Count and Gavin. In an earlier contest of wills, Gavin seemed to win on the bravery front by being the first to dive from the ship’s antenna mast while The Count, who made the challenge, showed his intense fear of heights and tried to back out. Now, when death truly stares both of them in the face, The Count chooses to remain at the console to the very end while Gavin abandons him to try to escape. At other points in the story we got the impression that The Count was a bit of an idealist, but here he proves himself loyal to his beliefs and his fans to the very end.”