Daily Dialogue — May 11, 2019
“Ok. Let your head rest in my hand. Relax. I got you. I promise. I won’t let you go. Hey man. I got you. There you go. Ten Seconds. That…
“Ok. Let your head rest in my hand. Relax. I got you. I promise. I won’t let you go. Hey man. I got you. There you go. Ten Seconds. That right there. You in the middle of the world.”
— Moonlight (2016), screenplay by Barry Jenkins, story by Tarell Alvin McCraney
The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Baptism.
Trivia: When Juan teaches Little how to swim, Mahershala Ali is really teaching Alex R. Hibbert how to swim. When production started, Hibbert did not know how to swim.
Dialogue On Dialogue: Although not a real baptism, it is a symbolic one as young Chiron is immersed in the water and in learning how to swim takes a step toward the next stage of his life: adolescence.