Daily Dialogue — June 2, 2019

Old Joe: Nobody makes strawberry chocolate pie the way you do. Wednesday’s my favorite day of the week, ’cause I get to have a slice of it. I think about it as I’m waking up. Could solve all the problems with the world, that pie. 
Jenna: You’re making too much of it. It’s just a pie.
Old Joe: Just a pie? It’s downright expert. A thing of beauty. How each flavor opens itself, one by one, like a chapter in a book. First the flavor of an exotic spice hits you, just a hint of it. And then you’re flooded with chocolate, dark and bittersweet, like an old love affair. And finally, strawberry, the way strawberry was always supposed to taste, but never knew how. In fact, I tell you what. Forget all the other stuff I ordered. Just bring me the damn pie. That’s all I want. I don’t care if it’s not a well-balanced meal. Just bring me the pie.

— Waitress (2007), written by Adrienne Shelly

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Diner. Today’s suggestion by Tara Yarlagadda.

Trivia: Adrienne Shelly wrote the screenplay while she was pregnant with her daughter, Sophie.

Dialogue On Dialogue: If I mention the words “movie… diner… pie,” people are more likely to think of the Twin Peaks TV series, but as far as I’m concerned, this scene from Waitress wins the cinematic pie battle.

Writer-director Shelly was killed after this movie was released. Utter tragedy. You can go here to support the Adrienne Shelly Foundation.