Daily Dialogue — November 23, 2013

Harry: Listen, full disclosure here Linda… I’m not wearing a wedding ring but I am married. Took the ring off, what, eighteen months ago when we agreed to separate. Agreed to disagree. That’s about the only thing we ever agreed on.
Linda: Thanks for telling me. I really do appreciate it, Harry.
Harry: Well, full transparency, the only way to —

As Linda passes he grabs and embraces her. Linda reacts to his gun in the shoulder holster:

Linda: That’s not gonna go off, is it?
Harry: Well, let’s go in the other room and find out! Grrr!

— Burn After Reading (2008), written by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is First Date, suggested by igetsbuckets.

Trivia: The Coen brothers said they wrote the screenplay for this film while writing the screenplay for No Country for Old Men. They would usually alternate every other day for each script.

Dialogue On Dialogue: If you’re going to have a guy flaunting his pistol, might as well make the connection to his penis.

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