Dialogue
THE PARENTAL CONVERSATION with Dengli and Joon Tat
Dialogue Version:Parental Style (what you should be hearing on the soundtrack anyway)
Mum: A dash of salt… a teeny bit of coriander… chicken curry is ready! Now all I have to do is get ready and wait for the old man to come home……
[Time ticks away]
Mum: Where is this old man? So late already. Never even call to say he will be late. Wait till he gets home.
[Dad whistles happily and arrives home.]
Dad: Girl im home. What’s…
Mum:You’re late again. Why never call? So busy until cannot call is it?
Dad: Today i had a meeting the whole day.
Mum:Wait whats that smell? I smell alcohol?
Did you drink?
Dad: NO dear..you see…I was rushing back when then I remembered it was our anniversary so I stopped to buy you flowers. But on the way I saw Peter and the guys at the café. I told them I was late but they said only for a while so I went there awhile…
Mum: okay.. So where are the flowers?
Dad: About that… see I dropped my pen and bent down to pick it up but I hit the waiter and he spilt coffee on it so it got ruined.
Mum: Ya ya.. you always have some excuse ready on hand right? You probably even prepared it on the way.
Dad: No! I thought of it on the spot. (sounds pleased)
Dad: Oh wait.No that was not what I meant…
Mum: uh huh!
[Storms up the stairs]
Dad: But dear….
Mum: Here catch! [Wham ]
You can sleep in the hall today. Im going out for dinner. Bye! Oh and there’s chicken curry on the table you can eat it if you like. Happy anniversary.
Dad: uh…
[DOOR SLAMS]
- Dialogue Two:HollyWood Style
Wife (voice over): Where is that old lazy husband of mine? He was supposed to here an hour ago? He’s late again.Wait till he gets here and I’ll….
doorbell rings….
Husband: Hello sweetheart!
Wife: You! Where have you been? Ive been waiting for you for over an hour…. The dinner is cold ….
Husand:Yeah you see I was on my way home and….
Wife: Excuses! Excuses! Always some excuses!I had to leave early from work just to make this dinner for you. Now its ruined!
[Stomping up the stairs]
Husband: But sweetheart I really was trying my best to come home on time but the guys at the office happened to be at the café nearby when I had to pick up the flowers for you.
Wife: What flowers?
Husband: Oh they wilted on the way so I had to throw them away. See here’s the receipt…
Wife: You can keep them! Along with the pillows and blanket. You’re sleeping on the couch tonight.
Husband: But sweetheart…
Wife: Oh and im going out for dinner!
Husband: Sweetheart think of the flowers! Its the thought that counts!!!
[Wife slams the door behind here and husband slides over to the couch and starts to watch football enjoying the beer he managed to bring back home.]
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Here i decided to adhere to the sterotype of using Chicken curry. I mean its either that or fish curry. Its the only way to show We’re indian. Gosh. I wonder why people have this stereotype? Can’t we eat pasta too? Its nothing wrong you know… and Chinese do not only eat noodles. Man these misconceptions can be really funny and a pain at times.
