Daily Dialogue — November 8, 2010

“Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin van-guarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it’s my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V.”

 — V (Hugo Weaving), V for Vendetta (2006), screenplay by Andy Wachowski & Lana Wachowski, based on the graphic novel by David Lloyd

The Daily Dialogue theme this week is monologues, suggested by Annika W. V for Vendetta suggested by CWillGoWrite.

Trivia: In the original graphic novel, V’s cause was anarchy, not freedom. Alan Moore was very critical of the movie for changing what he called the “anarchy vs. fascism” structure of his graphic novel into what he saw as an exploration of “American neo-liberalism vs. American neo-conservatism” that should have been set in the U.S. instead of Britain.