Asian guy #1: I saw Mulan for the first time the other day.
Asian guy #2: Yeah?
Asian guy #1: Yeah, I didn't like it. There weren't enough Asians in it.
–7 Train
Asian guy #1: I saw Mulan for the first time the other day.
Asian guy #2: Yeah?
Asian guy #1: Yeah, I didn't like it. There weren't enough Asians in it.
–7 Train
Drunk man #1: Oh my god, Lily Tomlin, man?
Drunk man #2: Yeah?
Drunk man #1: Yeah, really! Nine to Five? Awesome.
Drunk man #2: I didn't know.
Drunk man #1: Yeah, dude! She was in Blue Hawaii with Elvis.
Drunk man #2: I had no idea.
Drunk man #1: I wish I met her, man. She died right after she married Lou Reed.
–Grand Central Station
Cop to another: Are you drunk yet?
–Corner of 145th St
Frustrated-sounding NYU student to friend: Well, why don't you get a girl and you can just pretend she's drunk?
–Washington Square
Future rabbi: So my philosophy professor, Lenny Kravitz, told us we'll be drinking scotch in class tomorrow…
–4th & Broadway
Drunk black guy arguing on phone: Man, you need to stop drinkin'. Not only is yo speech gettin' slurred, but yo brains is gettin' slurred too!
–NJ Transit
Overheard by: Ashley
Dude to friend: I swear to god, every time he gets a little buzzed he thinks he's Austin Powers.
–40th & 7th
Overheard by: thivnav
Thug #1 to thug #2, during showing of The Mist: Man, I would've just stayed inside the fuckin' supermarket.
Thug #2: Yeah.
Thug #1: I'd be eatin' all those Doritos an' shit.
–11th St & 3rd Ave
Overheard by: Jojo
Overeager middle-aged guy: So, when are you guys going to show A Perfect Storm?
Snotty hipster barista: Uh… Never.
–Mudd Cafe, before 1950s Art Film Screening
Overheard by: Charles
Girl #1: Can you *believe* how rude that woman was?
Girl #2: Seriously, I mean, who does she think she is telling us to be quiet?
Girl #3: I know! I'm sorry, but if I had wanted to be *silent* I woulda gone to the movies by myself.
–Bathroom, AMC Loews Movie Theater
Overheard by: Tonya
Black thug #1, holding Indiana Jones dvd: Damn, son, look how young and fly and hip that nigga Harrison Ford was. That shit made his career, son!
Black thug #2: I dunno, man. I don't like a white dude with a whip.
–Best Buy
Overheard by: rob
Man #1: Got any good movies we could watch at your place?
Man #2: I've got a movie about Jews playing fiddles on their roofs or something. It's two films, it's fucking long, man, I never watched the whole thing.
–Uptown B Train
Overheard by: Tzeitel
Mother to bouncing daughter: No, you can not look in that window! Do you want to be a Peeping Tom?
Daughter: Let me see! Let me see!
–Redhook, Brooklyn
Dad to seven-year-old: Do you want to see 2012?
Seven-year-old: God, no. Who directed it? Michael Bay?
–Regal Theater, 14th St
