Daily Dialogue — January 22, 2019

“What’s wrong with wanting to be the best you can be? What’s wrong with wanting to be perfect? What’s wrong with wanting to be loved?”

— Perfect (1985), screenplay by Aaron Latham & James Bridges, story by Aaron Latham

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Exercise.

Trivia: According to trade paper Variety, John Travolta’s character “is a semi-autobiographical version of writer Aaron Latham, who based the script on a searing story he originally wrote for Rolling Stone”.

Dialogue On Dialogue: This is such an 80s movie where health clubs became the new singles bars, what some called “sexercise.”