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Charlotte:
Do you like nightmares? Alice:
No. Charlotte:
Well, I do. It's not obviously connected, but... I think that's what made me a little bit more tolerant of The guys at Hampshire. Alice:
What do you mean? Charlotte:
You were a bit critical. The guys there preferred women more laid-back. Alice:
I'm laid-back. Charlotte:
[scoffs]
Well, for whatever reason, you didn't have much of a social life there. Alice:
I had a social life. Just not one of those terrible pretend marriages. The Hampshire guys were jerks. Hippie-dippie suburbanites with all this hair. And extremely dim intellectual interests. I'm sorry, I don't consider the guy who wrote the Spider-Man comics a serious writer. Charlotte:
Alice, one thing I've noticed is that people hate being criticized. Everyone hates that. It's one of the great truths of human nature. I think It's why my parents got divorced. I'm sorry, It's just that you're so terrific, it makes me sick to think you might get in that terrible situation again where everyone hated you. Alice:
Hated me? Charlotte:
You're wonderful. Maybe, in physical terms, I'm a little cuter than you, but you should be much more popular than I am. It'd be such a shame if what happened in college repeated itself. Alice:
Why would it repeat itself? Charlotte:
You're right. I just think it's so important to be in control of your own destiny. Not to fall into that 50's cliche of waiting by the phone for guys to call. The right ones never do. Those who do, you have to make the most ridiculous excuses to. The nice ones get hurt feelings and hate you. The jerks eventually corner you into going out anyway. And one night you find yourself with some awful guy with disgusting breath thrusting his belly up against you, trying to put his slobbering tongue in your mouth. Ugh! Thank God this is a whole new era in music and social models. [looking out over the dance floor from the balcony:] Charlotte:
We're in complete control. There are a lot of choice out there
Do you like nightmares? Alice:
No. Charlotte:
Well, I do. It's not obviously connected, but... I think that's what made me a little bit more tolerant of The guys at Hampshire. Alice:
What do you mean? Charlotte:
You were a bit critical. The guys there preferred women more laid-back. Alice:
I'm laid-back. Charlotte:
[scoffs]
Well, for whatever reason, you didn't have much of a social life there. Alice:
I had a social life. Just not one of those terrible pretend marriages. The Hampshire guys were jerks. Hippie-dippie suburbanites with all this hair. And extremely dim intellectual interests. I'm sorry, I don't consider the guy who wrote the Spider-Man comics a serious writer. Charlotte:
Alice, one thing I've noticed is that people hate being criticized. Everyone hates that. It's one of the great truths of human nature. I think It's why my parents got divorced. I'm sorry, It's just that you're so terrific, it makes me sick to think you might get in that terrible situation again where everyone hated you. Alice:
Hated me? Charlotte:
You're wonderful. Maybe, in physical terms, I'm a little cuter than you, but you should be much more popular than I am. It'd be such a shame if what happened in college repeated itself. Alice:
Why would it repeat itself? Charlotte:
You're right. I just think it's so important to be in control of your own destiny. Not to fall into that 50's cliche of waiting by the phone for guys to call. The right ones never do. Those who do, you have to make the most ridiculous excuses to. The nice ones get hurt feelings and hate you. The jerks eventually corner you into going out anyway. And one night you find yourself with some awful guy with disgusting breath thrusting his belly up against you, trying to put his slobbering tongue in your mouth. Ugh! Thank God this is a whole new era in music and social models. [looking out over the dance floor from the balcony:] Charlotte:
We're in complete control. There are a lot of choice out there
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Do you like nightmares
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No
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Well I do
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It's not obviously connected but
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I think that's what made me a little more tolerant
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Of the guys at Hampshire
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What do you mean
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You were a bit critical
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The guys there preferred women more laid back
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I'm laid back
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For whatever reason
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You didn't have much of a social life there
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I had a social life
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Just not one of those terrible pretend marriages
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The Hampshire guys were jerks
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hippy dippy suburbanites with all this hair
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And extremely dim intellectual interests
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I'm sorry I don't consider the guy who did
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The Spiderman comics a serious writer
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Alice one thing I've noticed
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Is that people hate being criticized
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Everyone hates that
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It's one of the great truths of human nature
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Movie Summary
Story of two female Manhattan book editors fresh out of college, both finding love and themselves while frequenting the local disco.
Actors
Charlotte
Alice
