BoldGrace

Shawshank Redemption

The following dialog is from Shawshank Redemption The Movie. Sometimes I feel just like Red as it relates to dealing with those who still think they hold the keys to The Kingdom. See if you can relate…. 1967 Parole Hearings Man: Ellis Boyd Redding, your files say you’ve served 40 years of a life sentence. Do you feel you’ve been rehabilitated? Red: Rehabilitated? Red: [sighs] Well now, let’s see. Red: [pauses] You know, I don’t have any idea what that word means. 1967 Parole Hearings Man: Well, it means you are ready to rejoin society… Red: [interrupting] I know what you think it means sonny. Red: To me it’s just a made-up word Red: A politician’s word; so, young fellows like yourself wear a suit and a tie… and have a job Red: What do you really want to know? Red: Am I sorry for what I did? 1967 Parole Hearings Man: Well, are you? Red: There’s not a day goes by I don’t feel regret., Red: Not because I’m in here and because you think I should. Red: I look back on the way I was then… a stupid, young kid who committed that terrible crime. Red: I want to talk to him. Red: I want to try and talk some sense to him. Red: Tell him the way things are, but I can’t. Red: That kid’s long gone, and this old man is all that’s left. Red: I gotta live with that. Red: Rehabilitated? Red: It’s just a bullshit word. Red: So you go on and stamp your form, sonny, and stop wasting my time. Red: Because to tell you the truth, I don’t give a shit. Peace Geo