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The following excerpts are from Will Fetter's original script.

Diane and Les's House

DIANE
...look at your face... look at
what they did to your eye. You
don't think you have a case?
TYLER
It's just a cut, mom. It's no big
deal.
DIANE
It's not just a cut, Tyler. And it
is a big deal. You should sue their
pants off. Les, don't you think he
has a case?
LES
(hardly moving his lips)
Well--
CAROLINE
No talking. You're a statue.
Les goes perfectly rigid again.
TYLER
All I want are the charges gone.
Dad's lawyer's taking care of it.
DIANE
I still think you're entitled to
something else... at the very least
an apology from those brutes.
TYLER
It was a brute. Singular. And I
don't think a Municipal Judge can
issue a court order for an apology.
DIANE
Well someone should.

Beach house

ALLY
Thanks for inviting me... I’m
having a really great time.
DIANE
You’re always welcome. And while
we’re on the subject, thank you.
ALLY
For what?
Diane looks through the window at Tyler laughing, smiling.
DIANE
I haven’t seen that smile for some
time now... I was beginning to
worry I’d never see it again.
ALLY
I don't how much it has to do with
me...
DIANE
Modesty is an excellent quality,
honey. Don’t lose that.
Ally hides an embarrassed smile.
ALLY
So do you do this every year?
DIANE
We try. Caroline loves it. Even if
Tyler or Les can’t make it, at the
very least, we'll do a girls
weekend. She needs it, or I need
it, I’m not really sure anymore...
ALLY
That's sweet.
DIANE
I figure I should enjoy her company
now before she hits her teens and
starts hating me for forbidding
college boys and tattoos...
Ally laughs.
DIANE
Can I ask you a question? How's
your relationship with your mother?
Do you still spend time together?
Because I really worry that once
Care gets older she’ll...
Diane trails off as she notices Ally’s expression. Diane
realizing she’s made a dreadful assumption.
DIANE
Oh sweetheart...
ALLY
It’s OK. Really. It's fine.
Ally looks like she could cry. She's embarrassed.
ALLY
I’m sorry. God, you'd think I’d be
over it by now. It's been years.
DIANE
No. I don’t. You never get over it.
You accept it. You persevere. But
you shouldn’t ever get over it...
Diane's voice cracks. She struggles to maintain composure.
DIANE
If that hole in your heart ever
gets filled... How else are you
supposed to remember?



Using these two scenes as a backstory, events that happened, but we did not see in the film, does it change your opinion of Diane?


Script
Memoirs copyright
by Will Fetters

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How does Diane's relationship with Ally seem to be developing and does this scene show us a different side of Diane?

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I know I have been very inconsistent in posting these questions and for that I am sorry. Going forward, I'll post a new question every other day. I promise. :)

Let's talk about Diane for a couple of days. First, let's talk about her relationship with her children.



How does Tyler feel about his mother? How about Caroline? Did Diane's grief over Michael's death hurt her relationship with her other children?