Daily Dialogue — September 26, 2012

“Nice, man. Nice. I’d like to thank a great director, an incredible cast, my agent, and my new agent, but… I’m just an actor playing someone. This really belongs to all the gay soldiers and sailors and other guys and women who defend this country to keep us free but can’t date. So maybe I should thank someone else. Someone who’s really been there, someone who taught me a lot, about poetry and Shakespeare, and just like, y’know, stayin’ awake, man. Someone who’s just an overall great guy, a great teacher… to Howard Brackett from Greenleaf, Indiana! And he’s gay. Y’know, I’ve been thinking a lot about this night, and I’ve decided to dedicate this whole night to a great, gay teacher. Mr. Brackett, WE WON!”

— Cameron Drake (Matt Dillon), In & Out (1997), wrtten by Paul Rudnick

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The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is acceptance speech, recommended by @TheBrokenCoco. Today’s suggestion by Teddy Pasternak.

Trivia: Matt Dillon’s outing of his teacher in his acceptance speech is based upon Tom Hanks’ real-life acceptance speech at The 66th Annual Academy Awards for his Oscar for Philadelphia, in which he thanked a gay teacher.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Great acceptance speech with a major revelation and plot point!