Stripshow (1996)
Tane McClure: Raquel
Quotes
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[first lines]
Raquel : [narrating] Stripper, dancer, showgirl, call me what you want. I dance and strip for money. Sometimes I do more than that. You can buy anything on the Strip. Some things cost a lot, some not so much. It's all relative to the market price or the moment. Every slice of time is different. The business is flush with emotion, there are no rules. If you're hungry, you'll do anything.
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Raquel : Hello, Cowboy.
[nervously brushes her hand through her blonde hair]
Raquel : You still mad at me?
[no answer]
Raquel : Cut me some slack, I'm back, aren't I?
Cowboy : [laconic] Remains to be seen.
Raquel : I'm quitting the business.
Cowboy : No kidding?
Raquel : [takes off her sunglasses] For real this time.
Cowboy : [with a sigh] Like I said, remains to be seen.
Raquel : I'm back...!
Cowboy : I fell for all of your lies one year ago.
Raquel : [keeps trying] So, how are you doing?
Cowboy : What do you care?
[turns away]
Raquel : I just wondered...
Cowboy : Well, I don't know why I'm here, Rock.
Raquel : I had to see you. I've never forgotten.
Cowboy : Excuse me for acting like I give a shit.
Raquel : I can make things better now.
Cowboy : Oh, yeah? How ya gonna do that? Do you think that after a year of wondering why the hell you left me, I'm just gonna say "Hey, great, swell, let's get hitched and live a fancy life up in the castle?" Welcome to reality, Cinderella.
Raquel : [smirks] You look like you need a rub.
Cowboy : Well, I don't need a rub.
Raquel : Yes, you do, you look like shit.
Cowboy : I ain't riding bull anymore, so get off my back.
Raquel : I can take care of you.
Cowboy : Bullshit!
[walks away]
Raquel : I'm not going back!
Cowboy : Why don't you look at yourself? You look like a damn whore!
Raquel : You are a bum, Cowboy! I have no idea why I came back up just after you!
Cowboy : You made the call.
Raquel : I didn't give up.
Cowboy : Why did you drop me?
[she looks down, runs her fingers through her hair]
Cowboy : So that's it, huh? You realize I'd never stop rodeo-ing for any other woman. All I asked of you is to stop dancing. Now that seems fair to me. You made your bed, you sleep in it.
Raquel : I came back for you, you low-life son-of-a-bitch! You know, I cried over you so many times, I lost my tears.
Cowboy : Bullshit!
[turns, walks away]
Raquel : You're a son-of-a-bitch, you know that?
[comes running after him]
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Raquel : Men are boys, boys are stupid, it's just that simple.
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Raquel : [narrating] She's just... she's just... ah, she's just... She's exactly walking right into the same things that I was doing, but I thought that if I could just catch her, you know, just grab her before she fell. But there are so many things you have to kinda go through, because I tried to catch her, and all I did was hurt her. You can't... tell somebody about this. I can't... I can't explain to you what it's like, you have to live it. I thought, maybe if I could just give her a touch of what it was like, a touch of... what I went through, maybe she wouldn't do it. Guess you gotta live it to understand it. You gotta put your hand in the flame to know that it burns.
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Raquel : Oh, by the way, have you got a new stage gown for tomorrow night? You know, you've got to have a gown to strip out of.
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Raquel : Now take your top off. That's good. Keep going. Good.
[music ends]
Kara : The song's over.
Raquel : There's another song.
Kara : What do you mean?
[next musical number starts]
Kara : But I'm already topless.
Raquel : There's always another song, honey. Never just one.
Kara : So what do I do?
Raquel : Keep going.
[Kara resumes dancing]
Raquel : All right, that's good. Now drop your bottom.
Kara : I'm only dancing topless.
Raquel : Oh, are you now? Oh. Are you sure that's where it stops?
Kara : Yeah. Club Paradise is topless only.
Raquel : Oh, I didn't know that. Are you sure that's where it stops?
Kara : Yeah, I keep my panties on.
