Jedi-Bitch

I have been talking with my friends recently a lot about the movie Chasing Amy written by Kevin Smith of Clerks fame. (www.viewaskew.com) So, I thought I would post my favourite exchange of dialogue in the movie. I have been asked why I like this part of the movie and I think it is because of the honest dialogue. I like good dialogue rather than fluffy garbage that one finds in movies. Thanks, Kevin Smith for keeping dialogue interesting, and with purpose.

BANKY
Bear with me here. I just want to put you through this little exercise. (drawing feverishly) Okay, now see this? This is a four way road?

Banky draws a four-way stop. He illustrates according to his voice-over.

BANKY V.O.
And dead in the center, is a crisp, new, hundred dollar bill. Now at the end of each of the streets, are four people, okay? You following? Over here, we got a male-affectionate, easy-to-get-along-with, non-political agenda lesbian. Down here, we have a man-hating, angry-as-fuck, agenda-of-rage, bitter dyke. To this side, we got Santa Claus, right? And over to this side - the Easter Bunny.

Banky finishes drawing. Holden's shaking his head.

BANKY
Which one's going to get to the hundred dollar bill first?

HOLDEN
What is this supposed to prove?

BANKY
No, I'm serious. This is a serious exercise. It's like an S.A.T. question. Which one's going to get to the hundred dollar bill first - the male-friendly lesbian, the man-hating dyke, Santa Claus, or the Easter Bunny?

HOLDEN (beat; then pissed)
The man-hating dyke.

BANKY
Good. Why?

HOLDEN
I don't know.

BANKY(wildly crossing out the other three)
BECAUSE THE OTHER THREE ARE FIGMENTS OF YOUR FUCKING IMAGINATION!

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Shane Birley is a blogger, huge geeky nerd, web developer, poet, and creative writer based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is a partner at Left Right Minds, a web development, arts management, business blogging and on line marketing company.

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