Gap? Some Kind of Gap : The Irony Industry

     Here is an approximation of a bit of script dialogue:
     Mom says "Bobby is so angry with me."
     Mom's Friend replies. "Sure. Weren't you furious when you found out your parents had feet of clay?"
      The editor reads that exchange pensively and pokes those lines with her pen. "What's that mean?" she asks. I reply, "Well you know. Feet of clay.  When a kid finds out his parents aren't perfect.  He idolized them as a kid and now he realizes his perfect Mom isn't so perfect after all."
     "But I don't get the Feet of Clay thing.  Clay?  What's that about, anyway?"
     "Well, it's a pretty common expression.  In common usage, that is. I don't know how else to explain it.  It's in the Bible. Ecclesiastes, I think. It's about Nebucchanezzer. And Shakespeare, of course." I sense I have provided too much information.
      Editor, still pensive. "Hmmm.  Must be a generational thing."  She's forty, for God sake.
      Writer. "I thought pretty much everyone knew it."
      Editor. "Well, I never heard of it, and I'm not exactly dumb."
      Well, maybe not exactly, but pretty damn close. And she's wearing a religous medal to boot.
     "Just say it.  He was disappointed in his Mother.  Done.  Here's another one. Beatific smile. What does that mean?"
     "I guess literally capable of being beatified. That doesn't help. Saintly? "
     "Go with Sweet."

Previous editor: "You have a gift of not only finding the right word but the only word. That's why people will want your script."