AdamSmith Posted October 4, 2014 Posted October 4, 2014 OK, not really overtly gay-themed, but anyway. Coming across this bit of dialog on IMDB Quotes reminds me -- time to watch this one yet again! Jean Brodie: [after Miss Mackay has read a supposedly incriminating letter, written by Sandy and Jenny] There's very little for me to say, Miss Mackay in the face of your extraordinary prejudice and hostility. Miss Mackay: Miss Brodie, I am not asking you to say anything. I am asking... demanding... that you put your signature, your own signature, on a letter of resignation which I have prepared for you. Jean Brodie: I will not resign. Miss Mackay: If you will not resign, you will force me to dismiss you. Jean Brodie: I will not resign and you will not dismiss me, Miss Mackay. You will not use the excuse of that pathetic, that humorous document to blackmail me! Mr. Lowther, you are a witness to this. Miss Mackay has made totally unsupported accusations against my name and yours. If she has one authentic shred of evidence, just one, let her bring it forth! Otherwise, if one more word of this outrageous calumny reaches my ears, I shall sue! I shall take Miss Mackay to the public courts and I shall sue the trustees of Marcia Blaine, if they support her. I will not stand quietly by and allow myself to be crucified by a woman whose fetid frustration has overcome her judgment! If scandal is to your taste, Miss Mackay, I shall give you a feast! Miss Mackay: Miss Brodie! Jean Brodie: I am a teacher! I am a teacher, first, last, always! Do you imagine that for one instant I will let that be taken from me without a fight? I have dedicated, sacrificed my life to this profession. And I will not stand by like an inky little slacker and watch you rob me of it and for what? For what reason? For jealousy! Because I have the gift of claiming girls for my own. It is true I am a strong influence on my girls. I am proud of it! I influence them to be aware of all the possibilities of life... of beauty, honor, courage. I do not, Miss Mackay, influence them to look for slime where it does not exist! I am going. When my class convenes, my pupils will find me composed and prepared to reveal to them the succession of the Stuarts. And on Sunday, I will go to Cramond to visit Mr. Lowther. We are accustomed, bachelor and spinster, to spend our Sundays together in sailing and walking the beaches and in the pursuit of music. Mr. Lowther is teaching me to play the mandolin. Good day, Miss Mackay. MsAnn and lookin 2 Quote
Members MsAnn Posted October 4, 2014 Members Posted October 4, 2014 OK, not really overtly gay-themed, but anyway. Coming across this bit of dialog on IMDB Quotes reminds me -- time to watch this one yet again! Jean Brodie: [after Miss Mackay has read a supposedly incriminating letter, written by Sandy and Jenny] There's very little for me to say, Miss Mackay in the face of your extraordinary prejudice and hostility. Miss Mackay: Miss Brodie, I am not asking you to say anything. I am asking... demanding... that you put your signature, your own signature, on a letter of resignation which I have prepared for you. Jean Brodie: I will not resign. Miss Mackay: If you will not resign, you will force me to dismiss you. Jean Brodie: I will not resign and you will not dismiss me, Miss Mackay. You will not use the excuse of that pathetic, that humorous document to blackmail me! Mr. Lowther, you are a witness to this. Miss Mackay has made totally unsupported accusations against my name and yours. If she has one authentic shred of evidence, just one, let her bring it forth! Otherwise, if one more word of this outrageous calumny reaches my ears, I shall sue! I shall take Miss Mackay to the public courts and I shall sue the trustees of Marcia Blaine, if they support her. I will not stand quietly by and allow myself to be crucified by a woman whose fetid frustration has overcome her judgment! If scandal is to your taste, Miss Mackay, I shall give you a feast! Miss Mackay: Miss Brodie! Jean Brodie: I am a teacher! I am a teacher, first, last, always! Do you imagine that for one instant I will let that be taken from me without a fight? I have dedicated, sacrificed my life to this profession. And I will not stand by like an inky little slacker and watch you rob me of it and for what? For what reason? For jealousy! Because I have the gift of claiming girls for my own. It is true I am a strong influence on my girls. I am proud of it! I influence them to be aware of all the possibilities of life... of beauty, honor, courage. I do not, Miss Mackay, influence them to look for slime where it does not exist! I am going. When my class convenes, my pupils will find me composed and prepared to reveal to them the succession of the Stuarts. And on Sunday, I will go to Cramond to visit Mr. Lowther. We are accustomed, bachelor and spinster, to spend our Sundays together in sailing and walking the beaches and in the pursuit of music. Mr. Lowther is teaching me to play the mandolin. Good day, Miss Mackay. Positively delightful. Being one of very little formal education, unfortunately I have never read this. It is never too late, even at my age. Would you suggest the novel or the movie adaptation? lookin 1 Quote
AdamSmith Posted October 4, 2014 Author Posted October 4, 2014 I only know the movie; never read the novel, just from laziness. Rent the movie! A young(ish) Maggie Smith plays Jean. She is divine. lookin 1 Quote
AdamSmith Posted October 5, 2014 Author Posted October 5, 2014 Found this transcript of an interesting Diane Rehm Show discussion of the novel. (Contains spoilers!) http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2013-08-21/readers-review-prime-miss-jean-brodie-muriel-spark/transcript Quote
Members Ojibear Posted October 5, 2014 Members Posted October 5, 2014 The wonderful Maggie Smith played that scene to perfection. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE1v7BW6UKk AdamSmith 1 Quote
AdamSmith Posted October 5, 2014 Author Posted October 5, 2014 The wonderful Maggie Smith played that scene to perfection. Thank you! Now I really have to rent it & watch again. Quote
