Daily Dialogue — June 28, 2020

Paul has ninety-seven cents. The fare just went up at midnight to one dollar and fifty cents.

Paul Hackett: Couldn’t you just give me one token, please?
Subway Attendant: I can’t do that. I may lose my job.

Paul looks around and sees no one else in the station.

Paul Hackett: Well, who would know… exactly?
Subway Attendant: I could go to a party, get drunk, talk to someone… who knows?

— After Hours (1985), written by Joseph Minion

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Subway. Today’s suggestion by Laura Bolton.

Trivia: Joseph Minion’s script was his thesis for Columbia Film School. He got an “A” from his teacher, Yugoslavian director Dusan Makavejev.

Dialogue On Dialogue: After a horrible night on the town, Paul just wants to get home. Fate and an unyielding subway attendant stand in his way.