Daily Dialogue — October 12, 2017

ANCHOR MEN (on TV): Here’s what we know. Two men and a woman came into the bank branch clad in black business clothing, trench coats, bandanas and sunglasses. They pulled guns and ordered everybody to the floor, and then cleaned out the registers. And hear this, they even swiped jewelry from some of the customers.
BABY (in Sign Language): You awake?
ANCHOR MEN (on TV): They ran out of the bank to a waiting getaway car. A driver was there to take them away. It was a red…
BABY (in Sign Language): You hungry?
JOSEPH (in Sign Language): Always.
BABY (in Sign Language): You got it.
JOSEPH (in Sign Language): Spread to the edges!
ANCHOR MEN (on TV): Is a young Caucasian male. His identity remains as yet unknown, and police are appealing to anyone who might recognize him to come forward. The search for the suspect is ongoing. Police pursued the getaway vehicle across downtown Atlanta and I-85 by helicopter.
JOSEPH (in Sign Language): Where is that cash from?
BABY (in Sign Language): Work. One more job. Then I’m done.
JOSEPH (in Sign Language): You don’t belong in that world.
BABY: Sorry, couldn’t hear you. I have a banana in my ear.
JOSEPH (in Sign Language): You heard me.

— Baby Driver (2017), written by Edgar Wright

The Daily Dialogue theme this week: Homecoming, suggested by Gisela Wehrl who also recommended today’s movie.

Trivia: The character Joseph was originally written to be much older, around the mid-80s. CI Jones (who plays Joseph, a deaf character) was discovered and recommended by casting director Franchise Maisler. Jones is deaf in real life; Ansel Elgort had to learn sign language to communicate with him.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary by Gisela: “Baby’s home is the place where he can be himself — and where he hides the little shares from his jobs. But you cannot run away from your deeds by coming home. The news breaks into Baby’s home and interferes with his dialogue in sign language with his foster father. It’s another great example how Edgar Wright plays with the different sound levels within this movie.”