Little girl to her father: Stop telling me that! I’m not adopted!
Father: But sometimes I wish you were.
–Multiplex Cinemas, Flushing
Overheard by: Ms. Hazard
Little girl to her father: Stop telling me that! I’m not adopted!
Father: But sometimes I wish you were.
–Multiplex Cinemas, Flushing
Overheard by: Ms. Hazard
Man: That was pretty good.
Woman: Yeah, it reminded me of that movie with the White Witch.
Man: 101 Dalmatians?
Woman: Right.
–Loews Theatre
Guy #1: So, what would you do if Superman were real and flew in through your room window?
Guy #2: You mean, besides having my feet behind my ears?
–Loews Theatre, Lincoln Square
Overheard by: Shea
Father to son: Well, I guess she’ll just have to become a stripper…
–Times Square
Overheard by: Lezbitron
Girl on phone: I guess we should go ahead with the strippers and do it.
–Whole Foods, Columbus Circle
Overheard by: MG
Middle-aged woman: I don’t know. I mean, can you put a 20 in the G-string?
–Metro-North, Harlem Line
Frat boy: Hey, man, belly dancers ain’t strippers. I learned that the hard way.
–AMC Theaters, Lincoln Center
Girl to pal: Well, where do you want your ashes spread? A strip club?
–12th & 3rd
Overheard by: Talia
Dad: The invitation says five-thirty, but it probably won’t start until six.
Little girl: Six? I don’t understand — why do they make everyone rush to get here, and then we just have to wait?
—Miss Potter premiere, DGA Theater, 57th & 6th
Hipster, after a preview: Why would anyone want to see that? There’s no white people in it.
Girlfriend: Shhh!
Hipster: What?
–Landmark Sunshine Cinema, E Houston
Girl: What was with that shower?
Guy: What do you mean? When she was killed?
Girl: Yeah… It really freaked me out.
Guy: Why’s that?
Girl: Well… She got killed, duh… I mean, who showers alone?!
–Movie theater
Chick: I liked it. It wasn’t like, ‘Aw, too bad, it’s the Holocaust.’ It was more like, ‘Yeah! The Holocaust!’
Friend: Plus, it didn’t make me feel guilty about thinking Nazis are hot.
–AMC Theatres
Overheard by: Kelly
Black teen #1, after horror movie preview: Oh, snap, yo!
Black teen #2: Stop being black at the movies!
Black teen #1, in a high voice: Oh, that was totally cool!
–Regal Theater, 42nd St
Overheard by: Rachel
Young ticket clerk: Ma’am, are you expecting a baby?
Young woman in baby doll dress: No! I’m not pregnant at all! [She shakes her head in disgust and stomps into theater.]Young ticket clerk, screaming after her with arms in the air: You still fine as hell, though!
–AMC Loews, 42nd St
Overheard by: Tina
