Daily Dialogue — May 15, 2020

Dom: Jesse, since you were the first to reach in and grab some chicken, why don’t you say grace?
Jesse: [saying grace] Dear Heavenly… uh…
Leon: Spirit.
Jesse: Spirit. Thank you. Thank you for providing us with the direct-port nitrous… uh… injection, four-core intercoolers, an’ ball-bearing turbos, and… um… titanium valve springs. Thank you.
Leon: Amen!
Dom: Very nice.
Letty: He was praying to the car gods.

— The Fast and the Furious (2001), screenplay by Gary Scott Thompson and Erik Bergquist and David Ayer, screen story by Gary Scott Thompson, based on a magazine article by Ken Li

The Daily Dialogue theme: Cookout.

Trivia: Paul Walker was the first actor to be signed on. Vin Diesel took a bit more persuasion after several script changes had been made for him.

Dialogue On Dialogue: The cookout is a recurring bit in the Fast & Furious series and it all gets started here.