The way we talk to each other
Two examples, plus one, of unpleasant exchanges came up recently.The first is a conversation between David Brinkley, William Buckley, and Gore Vidal on the legality of the demonstrations surrounding the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, and the second is the attempt by an AOL customer to cancel his account.
The second is more immediate, and I feel like I've met the AOL customer service rep before, most recently in the people I pay rent to, but also because I've had conversations like this one with AOL before.
Finally, here's grieving parents Matt and Ruth Fowler (played by Tom Wilkinson and Sissy Spacek) from 2001's In the Bedroom:
MATT
Everything he did was wrong. Well, what was wrong with him, Ruth? You're... you're so unforgiving. You are. That's what he said. And you're pulling the same shit with me. And that's a horrible way to be. It's horrible. You're bitter, Ruth. Point your finger at me all you like...but take a damn good look at yourself.
RUTH
I just wanted to talk about what happened, Matt.
MATT
You want me to be open with you, embrace you? You scare me. How can I talk to you? Sometimes I...Sometimes I can't even look at you.
(screenplay by Robert Festinger based on Andre Dubus' original work)
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by Marty Barrett at Wednesday, June 14, 2006
1 Comments:
Brinkley was the moderator. The guy Vidal calls a "crypto-Nazi" is William F. Buckley.
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