At the Blockbuster

INT. VIDEO STORE. EVENING

GIRL, late teens, exploding into womanhood, denim skirt
and handbag covered in Rolling Stones pins.  MAN, salt
and pepper hair, fortyish, tired, business casual.  The
line to rent videos wraps around the candy counter--
they're at the end.

Girl bounds up to man clutching a used DVD copy of 
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton.

		GIRL
	Dad, Dad! Can you lend me 10 dollars so I can 
	buy this?

Man squints, scrunches down eyebrows

		MAN
	         Hmph.

		GIRL
	It's like the best movie ever.

		MAN
	What if it's scratched or something?

Girl looks at sticker on case

		GIRL
	It says it's fully guaranteed.  Please? It can
	be part of my graduation present.  Nicole will
	be so excited.

		MAN
	     (affirmatively)
		Hmph.

		GIRL
	       (breathless)
	Thank you! This is the best movie ever.  Okay, 
	maybe it's the second best movie ever after 
	Dirty Dancing.  When I slept over 
	at Casey's we watched all of Dirty Dancing 
	and then we like watched the ending two more
	times.  It was soooo good.

Girl pauses and ponders vacant expression on man's face.

		GIRL
	Did you like Dirty Dancing, Dad?

		MAN
	     I don't think so.

		GIRL
	       (oblivious)
	    We should watch it.

 

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Posted by Gene Smith on May 29, 2004. Before this there was What do loose lips sink?. Next up is Youth Text redux.

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