Daily Dialogue — September 15, 2014

“Well, what am I supposed to do? You won’t answer my calls, you change your number. I mean, I’m not going to be ignored, Dan!”

— Fatal Attraction (1987), written by James Dearden

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Adultery.

Trivia: When Glenn Close finally secured the part of Alex Forrest, one of the first things she did was to take the script to two different psychiatrists. She asked them, “Is this behavior possible and if it is, why?” The two psychiatrists who reviewed the script at Glenn Close’s request both came to the same conclusion: Alex Forrest’s behavior was, in its own way, classic behavior. Their diagnosis was that Alex had been molested and sexually tortured for an extended period of time while she was a child. As a result, she would naturally lash out at anyone who found her desirable.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Actions have consequences and with this famous line — “I’m not going to be ignored” — Dan starts to realize how deep into it he has gotten himself.

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