Ed Flanders: Jack Benton
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Quotes
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Roosevelt Dekker : He likes the white stuff, huh?
Jack Benton : That's his wife. Nice girl. She's in the show.
Roosevelt Dekker : I got a show up in my room she can be in.
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Jack Benton : What's the matter? I'm just trying to be nice.
Christine Adams : It doesn't become you!
Jack Benton : Yeah, yeah. Jack Benton, bastard. I hear that so often, it's like it's my full name: Jack Bastard Benton.
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Jack Benton : Christine, can I tell you something, honestly? You're not that talented. You're no genius. You've just got a pretty face and a nice chest. You're an average girl. Why are you knocking yourself out? Why?
Christine Adams : Why not?
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Jack Benton : Vegas is here because people like it. They want it to be here. We're here because we want to be here. Why don't you go home.
Christine Adams : And be a secretary for a 100 a week? Until I meet a nice husband, have three kids, a house, a dog, and an electric toothbrush. I don't want my life to be a cliche!
Jack Benton : Well, what the hell is it now? Small town girl comes to big town, runs around, gets in trouble. That isn't exactly the story of Madame Curry.
Christine Adams : I just want to be someone special.
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Christine Adams : So you do remember me?
Jack Benton : Sure I remember you - from the party. Who can forget Danny's dates? He makes sure everybody sees, when he has a winner. But I don't remember offering you a job.
Christine Adams : Well, you said you were always replacing girls.
Jack Benton : Yeah, we got openings. But er... you ever been on a stage?
Christine Adams : Oh, yes. I did "Little Women", in school.
Jack Benton : [looks skeptical] Nude?
Christine Adams : What did you say?
Jack Benton : Did you do it nude? Naked?
[she doesn't reply]
Jack Benton : .Forget it.
Jack Benton : Look, Honey, you're really not built right.
Christine Adams : Well was I built better at the party?
Jack Benton : [to the barber cutting his hair] She's got a mouth, Arnold. No, but at parties I come on with every girl.
Christine Adams : Mr. Benton, I just want to earn some money. When I've done that, I'll go back to L.A. and maybe I'll get my teaching degree.
Jack Benton : Good idea.
Christine Adams : But I want to try this for a while. I mean, I've seen the shows. It doesn't look too hard.
Jack Benton : Baby, you're right - it doesn't take much talent. But you have to be built a certain way.
Christine Adams : You keep saying that. What do you mean?
Jack Benton : I mean showgirls gotta have gigantic tickets.
Christine Adams : Tickets?
Jack Benton : Yeah gigantic tickets
[he illustrates by billowing out the towel covering his upper torso]
Christine Adams : Are you trying to tell me my breasts aren't big enough?
Jack Benton : Hey, they're fine with me. I mean, I'm an... an aesthetic guy. But these morons from out of town, they come into Vegas, they want to see freaks.
Christine Adams : Well, in my home town, I was considered one of the over-developed girls.
Jack Benton : In your home town, Arnold would be built!
Christine Adams : If they want me grotesque, they can always pad my costume.
Jack Benton : What costume? You know those girls wear nothing but smiles and little paste-ies. How you gonna pad a pastey? Lots of things you can fake - dancing, cocktail waitress, nobody notices, nobody cares. But when it comes to tickets, there is no faking. Every man is an expert.
Christine Adams : There's nothing wrong with my tickets
[she undoes her blouse and exposes herself; Arnold drops his comb and scissors]
Christine Adams : .
Jack Benton : [after a pause] How'd you like to go to dinner tonight?
Christine Adams : I'd rather have a job.
Jack Benton : Gotta a lot of spunk.
Jack Benton : Arnold, get up here. Would you pay twelve-fifty minimum to look at those?
[Arnold nods and smiles]
Christine Adams : Thank you, Arnold.