Daily Dialogue — October 24, 2013

Arthur: Well, this was some meet cute.
Iris: Sorry?
Arthur: it’s how two characters meet in a movie. Say a man and a woman both need something to sleep in and both go to the same men’s pajama department. The man says to the salesman, “I just need bottoms,” and the woman says, “I just need a top.” They look at each other and that’s the ‘meet cute.’
Iris: Ah, I see!

— The Holiday (2006), written by Nancy Meyers

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is meet cute, suggested by bolo boffin. Today’s suggestion by Traci Nell Peterson.

Trivia: This film was written specifically with actors Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, and Jack Black in mind.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary by Traci: “Another atypical meet cute; how Protagonist meets Mentor. And as a bonus, a lesson in meet-cuteness via Eli Wallach.”