Daily Dialogue — April 7, 2020

Raymond: Of course, I don’t have my underwear. I’m definitely not wearing my underwear.
Charlie: I gave you a fresh pair of mine to wear. Where are they?
Raymond: They’re in the pocket of my jacket. Here.
Charlie: I don’t want them back.
Raymond: These are not boxer shorts. Mine are boxer shorts. These are Hanes 32.
Charlie: Underwear is underwear, Ray.
Raymond: My boxer shorts have my name and it says Raymond.
Charlie: All right, when we pass the store, we’ll pick you up a pair of boxer shorts.
Raymond: I get my boxer shorts at K-Mart in Cincinnati.
Charlie: We’re not going back to Cincinnati, Ray, so don’t even start with that.

— Rain Man (1988), screenplay by Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow, story by Barry Morrow

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Siblings.

Trivia: The script was originally written with real-life brothers Randy and Dennis Quaid in mind.

Dialogue On Dialogue: The conflict between these two brothers about underwear makes for some great conflict.