Overheard in Culver City
Standing in line for 'Bourne Identity III', next to a poster for a new movie called 'Superdog', I overheard the following conversation between a man and woman who appeared to be romantically linked, but only barely so.
Man: I really don't see the point of all these movies about dogs. First there were all of those Beethoven movies, and then there was even a movie about a dog that could play basketball. Now there's a movie about a dog superhero. Do we really need more movies about dogs?
Woman (in a dismissive tone): People like them.
Man (in a surprisingly upbeat tone, but one which nonetheless suggested he knew his attempt to continue the conversation was doomed to failure): Are you saying that you find these movies interesting, that's there's something I'm missing about their real appeal?
Woman (in an equally dismissive tone as before, but now overtly annoyed): People like dogs.
Man (in what I can only describe as a brave tone of voice): OK, but people like ice cream. Are you saying there should be a ton of movies about ice cream?
Man: I really don't see the point of all these movies about dogs. First there were all of those Beethoven movies, and then there was even a movie about a dog that could play basketball. Now there's a movie about a dog superhero. Do we really need more movies about dogs?
Woman (in a dismissive tone): People like them.
Man (in a surprisingly upbeat tone, but one which nonetheless suggested he knew his attempt to continue the conversation was doomed to failure): Are you saying that you find these movies interesting, that's there's something I'm missing about their real appeal?
Woman (in an equally dismissive tone as before, but now overtly annoyed): People like dogs.
Man (in what I can only describe as a brave tone of voice): OK, but people like ice cream. Are you saying there should be a ton of movies about ice cream?
posted by Charles P. Everitt at 11:21 AM
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