Daily Dialogue theme for next week: Overreacting

As we put a capper on a week’s worth of gangster deaths [thanks to Phil Hopersberger for that suggestion], we rev up for next week’s Daily Dialogues. Them: Overreacting, as put forth by @davidproenza.

Not just reacting, but reacting above and beyond the nature of the circumstances, as much a reflection of a character’s inner issues than whatever is transpiring in the External World.

The usual drill:

* Copy/paste dialogue from IMDB Quotes or some other transcript source.

* Copy/paste the URL of an accompanying video from MovieClips or YouTube.

I’d also ask you to think about why the dialogue is notable. Is there anything about the dialogue which provides some takeaway re screenwriting?

Here is the lineup for upcoming Daily Dialogue themes:

January 21-January 27: Answering children’s questions [BillieJeanVK]

January 28-February 3: Agents [Teddy Pasternak]

February 4-February 10: Falsely accused [churnage]

February 11-February 17: Wedding toasts [Shaula Evans]

February 18-February 24: Last laugh [Vic Tional]

February 25-March 3: Boy meets girl [TaraPhelps]

March 4-March 10: Breakups [Liri Nàvon]

March 11-March 17: Innuendo [Hawkewood]

We ought to be able to come up with all sorts of great examples of overreacting. See you in comments for your suggestions!

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