Watching The Big Chill
Jun. 29th, 2003 07:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jenk"Last time I spoke with Alex, we had a fight. I yelled at him."
"That's probably why he killed himself."
- Meg and Nick
"The offices were very clean, and the clients were only raping the land, and then, of course, there was the money. El Greedo strikes again."
- Meg explaining why she left the Philadelphia Public Defender's Office for real estate law.
"Nobody said it was going to be fun - at least nobody said it to me."
- Richard explaining why he thought Alex couldn't handle life.
"How's your life?"
"Great. How's yours?"
"Not so great."
"Oohh...we're talking truth."
- Karen and Sam
"I feel like I have never been alone in my own house. Never. Either Richard is there or the boys or the housekeeper. Remember those labratory rats? They went crazy when deprived of their privacy?"
"They're living with you too?"
- Karen and Sarah
"Well when you're a mother you can be mean."
- Sarah to one of her kids.
"So just be supportive for a minute and shut up."
- Meg to Sarah
"It doesn't always happen the first time."
"That's not what they told us in high school."
- Sarah and Meg discussing conception
"What, nobody thinks they're a bad person. I'm not even claiming that people always think they're doing the right thing. They may know that they're doing something dishonest or insensitive or manipulative but they almost always think there's a good reason for doing it. They almost always think that it will turn out for the best in the end. And even if it just it turns out best for them, cause by definition what's best for them is what's best."
"Mm-hm"
"Now look. In addition, you instantly come up against the question of style. My style may be too, uh, direct. Perhaps given my style, I seem more nakedly opportunistic or jerky or uh...what was the other thing?"
"Uh, manipulative?"
"Whatever. Really all that's happening is that I'm trying to get what I want. Which is what everyone else does, only their styles are so warm or charming or sincere or otherwise phoney that you don't realize they're just trying to get what they want. So you see, my transparent efforts are in a way much more honest and admirable."
"Why is it what you just said strike me as a massive rationalization?"
- Michael and Sam
"Does the suit come with the machete?"
- Harold to Sam, re: a scene on his TV show
"That's probably why he killed himself."
- Meg and Nick
"The offices were very clean, and the clients were only raping the land, and then, of course, there was the money. El Greedo strikes again."
- Meg explaining why she left the Philadelphia Public Defender's Office for real estate law.
"Nobody said it was going to be fun - at least nobody said it to me."
- Richard explaining why he thought Alex couldn't handle life.
"How's your life?"
"Great. How's yours?"
"Not so great."
"Oohh...we're talking truth."
- Karen and Sam
"I feel like I have never been alone in my own house. Never. Either Richard is there or the boys or the housekeeper. Remember those labratory rats? They went crazy when deprived of their privacy?"
"They're living with you too?"
- Karen and Sarah
"Well when you're a mother you can be mean."
- Sarah to one of her kids.
"So just be supportive for a minute and shut up."
- Meg to Sarah
"It doesn't always happen the first time."
"That's not what they told us in high school."
- Sarah and Meg discussing conception
"What, nobody thinks they're a bad person. I'm not even claiming that people always think they're doing the right thing. They may know that they're doing something dishonest or insensitive or manipulative but they almost always think there's a good reason for doing it. They almost always think that it will turn out for the best in the end. And even if it just it turns out best for them, cause by definition what's best for them is what's best."
"Mm-hm"
"Now look. In addition, you instantly come up against the question of style. My style may be too, uh, direct. Perhaps given my style, I seem more nakedly opportunistic or jerky or uh...what was the other thing?"
"Uh, manipulative?"
"Whatever. Really all that's happening is that I'm trying to get what I want. Which is what everyone else does, only their styles are so warm or charming or sincere or otherwise phoney that you don't realize they're just trying to get what they want. So you see, my transparent efforts are in a way much more honest and admirable."
"Why is it what you just said strike me as a massive rationalization?"
- Michael and Sam
"Does the suit come with the machete?"
- Harold to Sam, re: a scene on his TV show
