August 31, 2010

"A Christmas Story"

a."There are times, Kathy, where you don't give direct answers to questions. It's a way of dealing with people, you don't reject them and you don't get yourself involved in a whole scene..."

It's like saying maybe to a yes or no question. You don't give someone a direct answer in order to avoid a big scene.


b."You working here all week and then coming back on a holiday. But it's good for you to see we have holidays here, too. You see the people in the street all wishing eachother Merry Christmas and dressed up in their churchgoing clothes. You see them in this frame and you get a different picture of them. Don't you think so, Officer?"

You're in this horrible neighborhood where nothing but bad stuff happens, but then you see them on a holiday all wishing eachother well and you realize that not all things are bad.