How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Marty.
Quote #7
VIRGINIA: Tommy, I love you, and I know you feel lousy right now, but we're never gonna be happy unless we have a chance to work out our own lives. We can't keep talking in whispers like this the rest of our lives.
Multi-generational families living under one roof were totally a thing back then. How or why do you think that's changed, at least in the states?
Quote #8
MARTY: Boy, beautiful day, hey, Thomas?
THOMAS: Sure, great if you ain't married.
What a comedian! Next he's going to say: "Take my wife. No really, take her!"
Quote #9
TOMMY: What do you want to buy a shop for, will you tell me? You gotta good job, you got no wife, you got no responsibilities. Boy, I wish I was you, boy.
Let's remember Marty has been pretty relentlessly lonely for years. Is Tommy really talking about Marty, here? Or is he telling his cuz the advice he himself wishes he'd taken way back when?