Pleasantville (1998)
Joan Allen: Betty
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Quotes
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Betty Parker : Mary Sue?
Jennifer : Yeah?
Betty Parker : What goes on up at Lover's Lane?
Jennifer : What do you mean?
Betty Parker : Well, you hear these things lately... kids spending so much time up there. Uh, is it holding hands? That kind of thing?
Jennifer : Yeah! That and...
Betty Parker : What?
Jennifer : It doesn't matter.
Betty Parker : No, I wanna know.
Jennifer : Well, sex.
Betty Parker : Oh. What's sex?
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[after Mary Sue explains to Betty about sex]
Jennifer : Are you okay?
Betty Parker : Um, yes. It's, uh, just that your father would never do anything like that.
Jennifer : Ahhhh.
Betty Parker : Mmm.
Jennifer : Well, you know, Mom, there are other ways to enjoy yourself... without Dad.
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Betty Parker : [Betty is in color, George is still black & white] George, look at me. Look at my face. That meeting is not for me.
George Parker : You'll put on some make-up.
Betty Parker : I don't want to put on make-up.
George Parker : It'll go away. It goes away.
Betty Parker : [firmly] I don't want it to go away.
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[last lines]
George Parker : So what's going to happen now?
Betty Parker : I don't know. Do you know what's going to happen now?
George Parker : No
George Parker : [laughing]
George Parker : ...I don't!
Bill Johnson : I guess I don't either.