Daily Dialogue — January 25, 2012

“Alyssa Jones? Shit, I know Alyssa Jones, I mean I KNOW Alyssa Jones! Know what I’m sayin’? Me and Rick Darris used to hang around her house after school and shit ’cause her parents were like never home and shit. One day Rick just whips it out and starts rubbin’ it on her leg and shit, starts chasin’ her around the living room. I was dyin’. But you know what the crazy bitch did? She drops to her knees and she just starts suckin’ him off. Right there in front of me, like I wasn’t even there, man. I almost died. But that’s not the fucked up part. The fucked up part was Rick, man, right in the middle of it, he turns to me and he says ‘Cohee!’ Just like that, ‘Co-Hee!’ So I’m like, “Yo, I’ll give it a shot.” So I start pullin’ her pants down and shit. All slow cause I’m figurin’ any minute she’s gonna turn around and belt me in the mouth and shit, right? But yo check this shit out, man. She’s all into it. She doesn’t even try to stop me or nothin’. She’s all wet and shit and I just start going to work, know what I’m sayin’? Me and Rick are just going to town on this crazy bitch and she’s just loving it, all moaning and shit, it was fucked up! So Rick’s the one that came up with the nickname, ’cause that day she had us locked in tight from both ends like a pair of god-damned Chinese finger cuffs!”

— Cohee Lundin (John Willyung), Chasing Amy (1997), written by Kevin Smith

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is flashbacks, suggested by Alexander Gorelik. Today’s suggestion is by Sean Z P Harris.

Trivia: When Kevin Smith pitched the idea to Miramax, he also said that he had written the parts with his friends Ben Affleck, Jason Lee and Joey Lauren Adams in mind. Miramax, however, wanted to cast people who already had celebrity status, such as Jon Stewart, David Schwimmer and Drew Barrymore (these three were actually suggested). The film’s original budget of $3,000,000 depended on Miramax’s support. Ultimately, Smith suggested that he make the movie with his three original actors on his own, and Miramax could buy it for distribution if they liked it. Miramax owners Bob Weinstein and Harvey Weinstein liked this idea, and gave him $250,000 to make the movie (1/24 of the budget of his previous film, Mallrats).

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