Daily Dialogue — September 1, 2010

Alvy Singer: [the man behind him in line is talking loudly] What I wouldn’t give for a large sock with horse manure in it! 
Alvy Singer: [to audience] Whaddya do when you get stuck in a movie line with a guy like this behind you? 
Man in Theater Line: Wait a minute, why can’t I give my opinion? It’s a free country! 
Alvy Singer: He can give it… do you have to give it so loud? I mean, aren’t you ashamed to pontificate like that? And the funny part of it is, Marshall McLuhan, you don’t know anything about Marshall McLuhan! 
Man in Theater Line: Oh, really? Well, it just so happens I teach a class at Columbia called “TV, Media and Culture.” So I think my insights into Mr. McLuhan, well, have a great deal of validity! 
Alvy Singer: Oh, do ya? Well, that’s funny, because I happen to have Mr. McLuhan right here, so, so, yeah, just let me… 
[pulls McLuhan out from behind a nearby poster] 
Alvy Singer: come over here for a second… tell him! 
Marshall McLuhan: I heard what you were saying! You know nothing of my work! You mean my whole fallacy is wrong. How you got to teach a course in anything is totally amazing! 
Alvy Singer: Boy, if life were only like this!

 — Alvy Singer (Woody Allen), Man in Theater Line (Russell Horton), Marshall McCluhan (himself), Annie Hall (1977), written by Woody Allen & Marshall Brickman

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is character’s breaking the 4th wall, suggested by Joshua James. Annie Hall suggested by Josh and George.

Trivia: Marshall McLuhan was not Allen’s first choice. Federico Fellini and Luis Buñuel were asked first.