Daily Dialogue — November 26, 2015

SOPHIE: Well, anyway, I… Since then, every time I pick up a pen…I’m haunted by those words that he wrote, you know? “She was a brilliant mimic.” You know. “She could ape Dorothy Parker or Emily Dickinson but stripped of someone else’s literary clothes… she was a vacant, empty imitation of a writer.”
ALEX: First of all, you can’t listen to some jerk.
SOPHIE: He’s not a jerk. He’s a National Book Award winner.
ALEX: Well, then, get the best revenge, write a hit song.
SOPHIE: Honestly, I don’t think a pop song is gonna impress Sloan Cates.
ALEX: Oh, no, of course not. Pop is just for morons. Forgot that.

— Music and Lyrics (2007), written by Marc Lawrence

The Daily Dialogue theme for the month: Writers and Writing. Today’s suggestion by Katha.

Trivia: Hugh Grant had to be convinced to sing himself and initially wanted nothing to do with his singing parts. After practicing and performing in the studio, he then felt so comfortable with it and announced he would perform the big concert scene live. When it was played back he was highly amused and humbled by how terrible it sounded and was then happy to use the pre-recorded sound.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary by Katha: “The way to writer‘s block? Being accused of plagiarism and imitation. (I loved mkm28‘s comment in a nutshell about the When Harry Met Sally dialogue here — and tried an imitation). And then the dialogue refers the old discussion about art and entertainment.