Daily Dialogue — June 3, 2020

“I do have a test today, that wasn’t bullshit. It’s on European socialism. I mean, really, what’s the point? I’m not European. I don’t plan on being European. So who gives a crap if they’re socialists? They could be fascist anarchists, it still doesn’t change the fact that I don’t own a car.”

— Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986), written by John Hughes

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

Trivia: According to Matthew Broderick, Ferris singing “Danke Schoen” in the shower was his idea. “Although it’s only because of the brilliance of John’s deciding that I should sing ‘Danke Schoen’ on the float in the parade. I had never heard the song before. I was learning it for the parade scene. So we’re doing the shower scene, and I thought, ‘Well, I can do a little rehearsal”, and I did something with my hair to make that Mohawk, and you know what good directors do? They say, ‘Stop! Wait till we roll”, and John put that stuff in.”

Dialogue On Dialogue: Until the TV series Fleabag came along, I thought Ferris Bueller was the best example of breaking the fourth wall. It’s still pretty close as you can see in this pre-, mid-, and post-shower scene from the John Hughes movie.