Daily Dialogue — June 21, 2020

You’re a part time lover and a full time friend
The monkey on your back is the latest trend
I don’t see what anyone can see
In anyone else but you

I kiss you on the brain in the shadow of the train
I kiss you all starry eyed, my body’s swinging from side to side
I don’t see what anyone can see
In anyone else but you

Here is the church and here is the steeple
We sure are cute for two ugly people
I don’t see what anyone can see
In anyone else but you

The pebbles forgive me, the trees forgive me
So why can’t you forgive me?
I don’t see what anyone can see
In anyone else but you

I will find my niche in your car
With my MP3, DVD, rumple-packed guitar
I don’t see what anyone can see
In anyone else but you

— Juno (2007), written by Diablo Cody

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Guitar. Today’s suggestion by Cindi Woods.

Trivia: In an interview with The Guardian in May 2018, writer Diablo Cody said that the one thing she would have changed about the film is to make it clearer as to why Juno chooses not to have an abortion. She said “It was simply because she did not want to. It was not about any type of feeling that abortion was wrong — I’m pro choice.” She also went on to say that the fact that some people have interpreted the movie as anti-choice is “upsetting.”

Dialogue On Dialogue: The denouement in this movie works so well. Juno’s psychological metamorphosis is to go from adult — at least what she thinks is being an adult — to accepting who she is: an adolescent. So instead of driving a car, she rides a bike. Instead of having sex with Paulie Bleeker, they play this song, then a chaste kiss on the cheek. The song is about how each characters ‘sees’ the other… and also how Juno finally sees who she is.