Christine (2016)

Tracy Letts: Michael

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• Michael : [thinking that Christine did a prank after shooting herself]  Very funny, Christine.

• Michael : Goddamit Chubbuck!

• Christine : [referring to the news footage of a fat woman being given electroshock therapy]  This is totally at odds with the work that I've been doing, it's exploitative!

  Michael : Then why are so many people watching it? The same people you are so concerned about representing are the ones who are gobbling this stuff up!

  Christine : We're supposed to know better.

• Michael : This is a team meeting. It's a simple concept: if it bleeds, guys, it leads.

• Christine : Okay. I'll do the chicken lady. But there's gonna have to be some changes around here.

  Michael : [yelling]  Christine! Go home!

• Michael : [holds up his fingers in a tiny circle]  My asshole is like this small right now, THIS SMALL!

• Michael : [to Christine]  You are the smartest person here.

• Christine : [appalled]  So what, just get some footage of some fat people burning in a car crash and I'm on a plane to Baltimore...?

  Michael : Now you're just being a smartass.

• Christine : Hey, you know what, Mike, just cause your wife has a drinking problem doesn't mean that you get to treat me like this. That's on you! Don't put it on me. That's on you.

  Michael : Are you...?

  Christine : I'm just trying to do my best for this station and it isn't easy.

  Michael : Are you fucking kidding me? Are *you* fucking kidding me? You fucked up... again! And now you insult me, you insult my family? You know, I've got half my savings invested in this station and I believe in it. What do you believe in? What are you doing to make a mark?

• Michael : look Chubbuck, just make your stories juicy!

• Steve : [referring to Bob Andersen possibly choosing one reporter to work in Baltimore]  Who's he going to pick?

  Michael : I have no idea in hell Steve, but it's sure going to be a kick in the ass for the rest of us!