"I think that stripper really liked me" in the movies

November 4, 2011 4:07 PM

Looking for examples of the "I think that stripper really liked me" theme in films

I discovered that none of my fresh-faced virginal freshman had ever heard the saying "that stripper really liked me".

The phrase had relevance to the class topic-- how differently a customer and sex worker see a paid sexual encounter.

Can anyone point me to an example of this joke in an American film scene, ideally one available on youtube?

Thanks

posted by vincele to Media & Arts (12 answers total)

Best answer: The South Park episode "Raisins" is an apt parody of this mentality, and it streams legally for free online.
posted by Sticherbeast at 4:11 PM on November 4, 2011 [4 favorites]

I can't see a TVTropes pages specifically devoted to this phenomenon, but you might find some examples under 'Hooker with a Heart of Gold' or 'High Class Call Girl'.
posted by Busy Old Fool at 4:26 PM on November 4, 2011 [1 favorite]

I seem to recall a scene where the younger cop says that in Beverly Hills Cop.
posted by Spacelegoman at 4:33 PM on November 4, 2011 [2 favorites]

Not that exact line, but the idea of it is explored at length between Natalie Portman and Clive Owen in the film "Closer."
posted by hermitosis at 4:55 PM on November 4, 2011 [2 favorites]

Something similar shows up in the movie "Forgetting Sarah Marshal."

Peter Bretter: I went on a date tonight with Rachel, right?

Unknown: That wasn't a date. She's in customer service, dude. She took you out for charity.

Peter Bretter: It was a date, okay? Trust me. I know a date, and that was a date.

Unknown: I bet you think strippers like you, too.

I "think" that exchange showed up in one of the trailers.
posted by VTX at 5:32 PM on November 4, 2011 [1 favorite]

Center of the World is an entire movie kinda about that.
posted by rhizome at 6:01 PM on November 4, 2011 [2 favorites]

From the 60's:

The film, "The Stripper"

The book, "The Hundred Dollar Misunderstanding"
posted by JimN2TAW at 8:53 PM on November 4, 2011 [1 favorite]

Sadly not youtube-able, but in Season 1 of Community, Pierce brings his date Lorraine to the STD fair, proud of the fact that she's an escort but not with him. Then things go predictably wrong.
This doesn't exactly hug your theme, but your freshman are [probably] going to know Community...
posted by obscurator at 9:39 AM on November 5, 2011 [1 favorite]

Oh, and Pretty Woman (in 12 parts)
posted by obscurator at 9:42 AM on November 5, 2011 [1 favorite]

The Wrestler. Aside from the wrestling, this is pretty much the plot of the film.
posted by Sys Rq at 11:52 AM on November 5, 2011 [3 favorites]

Response by poster: Thank you all for the answers.

I am going with Raisins because I own that dvd and I often make references to South Park in my classes anyway. I think it must have been in the back of my mind when I asked the question. Everyone gets a favorite... that's just how I roll!
posted by vincele at 7:10 AM on November 6, 2011

This is also how the gang get hold of a security pass in the Clooney/Soderbergh Ocean's Eleven
posted by minifigs at 7:45 AM on November 7, 2011