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| Character | Bill???? | |
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| Gender | Male | |
| Age Range(s) | Adult (36-50), Senior (>50) | |
| Type of monologue / Character is | Persuasive, Inspirational, Descriptive, Mocking, Pondering/Pensive | |
| Type | Dramatic | |
| Year | 2004 | |
| Period | Contemporary | |
| Genre | Action, Thriller, Crime | |
| Props | A drink | |
| Description | Bill's Superman Speech | |
| Location | 1 hour and 44 minutes into the movie | |
Summary
Beatrix Kiddo, a.k.a. "The Bride", goes on a vengeance killing rampage against the "Deadly Viper Assassination Squad", and her former lover/boss Bill. The Bride used to be a deadly assassin and part of that squad until she decided to have a baby (Bill's baby) retire and get married. Bill finds her and guns her down together with her soon to be husband in her wedding day.
After being in a coma for years, she wakes up and tracks down each assassin one by one until the final confrontation with Bill.
In this scene she has just been shot in the leg by Bill with a truth serum. As the serum takes effect, Bills muses over the difference between Superman and other comic book heroes and draws the analogy between Superman trying to be Clark Kent and her, Beatrix Kiddo, the assassin, betraying him and trying to start a new quiet life with a husband and a daughter..
After being in a coma for years, she wakes up and tracks down each assassin one by one until the final confrontation with Bill.
In this scene she has just been shot in the leg by Bill with a truth serum. As the serum takes effect, Bills muses over the difference between Superman and other comic book heroes and draws the analogy between Superman trying to be Clark Kent and her, Beatrix Kiddo, the assassin, betraying him and trying to start a new quiet life with a husband and a daughter..
Written by Administrator
| Excerpt |
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| BILL: "As you know, l'm quite keen on comic books. Especially the ones about superheroes. I find the whole mythology surrounding superheroes fascinating. Take my favorite superhero, Superman. Not a great comic book, not particularly well-drawn, but the mythology. The mythology is not only great, it's unique...Now, a staple of the superhero mythology is, there's the superhero and there's the alter ego. Batman is actually Bruce Wayne, Spider-Man is actually Peter Parker. When that character wakes up in the morning, he's Peter Parker. He has to put on a costume to become Spider-Man. And it is in that characteristic Superman stands alone. Superman didn't become Superman. Superman was born Superman. When Superman wakes up in the morning, he's Superman. His alter ego is Clark Kent. His outfit with the big red "S", that's the blanket he was wrapped in as a baby when the Kents found him. Those are his clothes. What Kent wears - the glasses, the business suit - that's the costume. That's the costume Superman wears to blend in with us. Clark Kent is how Superman views us. And what are the characteristics of Clark Kent? He's weak, he's unsure of himself, he's a coward. Clark Kent is Superman's critique on the whole human race. Sorta like Beatrix Kiddo and Mrs. Tommy Plympton...You would've worn the costume of Arlene Plympton. But you were born Beatrix Kiddo. And every morning when you woke up, you'd still be Beatrix Kiddo...I'm calling you a killer. A natural born killer. You always have been, and you always will be. Moving to El Paso, working in a used record store, goin' to the movies with Tommy, clipping coupons. That's you, trying to disguise yourself as a worker bee. That's you tryin' to blend in with the hive. But you're not a worker bee. You're a renegade killer bee. And no matter how much beer you drank or barbecue you ate or how fat your ass got, nothing in the world would ever change that..." |
