But it doesn't have to be like this! Think back to His Girl Friday, in which Rosalind Russell juggles fiance, ex-husband, speed-of-light dialogue and the ethics of journalism, wears extravagant hats and performs an impressive rugby tackle.
She knew how to work these complicated sentiments into light, easy dialogue.
Because the screenplay is light on dialogue and most of the story is told through the songs, the film never really gets a thorough hold on any of its characters — it's cameo-friendly but emotionally neutered.
The 90-second trailer is light on dialogue but shows the time-travelling agents Valerian and Laureline encountering various CGI creatures on their mission to Alpha, a 28th-century city home to thousands of different species.
Their new movie, "Bangkok Dangerous," opening Sept. 5, is a remake of their 1999 Thai-language debut, which was about a deaf-mute hit man and was, appropriately, kind of light on dialogue.
Not only is the movie light on dialogue, incorporating none of Shakespeare's text, but also many of its most striking images — the bleak landscape shrouded in fog, the massive castle, the hundreds of soldiers on horseback — are virtually impossible to reproduce onstage.
"I believe there is something special about this film — the light, the dialogue, those young girls talking about love and this poor Gaspard in the middle," said Poupaud, 41, by email.
Because the novel is so short -- and so light on dialogue -- Luhrmann, Pearce and the actors drew liberally from Fitzgerald's other works, as well as his unpublished drafts and letters, to flesh out the story.
The comics are lighter on dialogue, much more visually stylised and far faster paced.
A true sense of menace exudes from "Dance at the Gym," with its masterly collaboration of lighting, music, dialogue and choreography.
