One of my most favorite scenes in the film is definitely the dining room scene in which Vicki meets the rest of the household for the first time. Right from the moment Roger walks in, all fidgety flexing fingers, until the very end, the scene is filled with so many fascinating undercurrents that there's so much subtext going on that it would require another entire DS film to explore it all fully. And I'm so happy that Midnite hit on some of the best moments with her quotes - including these so far:
1972 - Julia: 'You're a liar. I can tell, you know. Just from a
person's face. Yours says: "I might look sweet and innocent,
but I have secrets. Secrets that'll make the hairs on your
arms stand straight up."' Of course, Julia doesn't know that Vicki is masquerading under an assumed name, not to mention all the other secrets/tragedies in her past (that even the audience isn't privy to yet), but it's amazing that Julia seems to have Vicki's number right from the get-go. It's really too bad that Julia's suspicions weren't picked up at some point later in the film. But then, like I said, material that really needs to be a part of that whole other film.
1972 - Vicki: 'You're the doctor.' I have to confess that it wasn't until after I saw the film a few times that I noticed the disdainful expression on Vicki's face once she realizes that Julia is the doctor. And, of course, even if others in the audience noticed it upon first viewing, they wouldn't have realized why it's there because at that point the audience has no knowledge of her past as Maggie and being institutionalized for most of her life. It's no wonder doctors wouldn't exactly be her favorite people. And again, it's too bad none of that was explored once the audience is clued in. But then, again, enough material to be another part of that whole other film.
1972 - Julia: 'Yeah, and you're "the nanny," and she's
"the bitch." Honey, how do you ever expect us girls to
advance if we keep reducing each other to labels?' I absolutely love the expression on Liz' face after Julia refers to her as "the bitch":
And I would love to know what it is within the Liz/Julia relationship that prompts the comment. But alas, yet another thing that there wasn't time enough to explore in the existing film. Add it as another part of that whole other film.
And as if all that wasn't interesting enough, we haven't even gotten halfway through all the quotes that will be coming from that scene throughout Midnite's quotes from the rest of this month and into my first six quotes for March. But more on those moments as they come up in the coming days...