Showgirls
Nomi: Big Star
Nomi refuses to be sucked in to Zack's hideous version of reality
Polly Outed
NOMI: Where are police?
ZACK: They’re not here.
NOMI: Why the fuck aren’t they here?
ZACK: Because they’re not coming.
NOMI: [Picks up a pay phone and dials 911.]
ZACK: Don’t do it…Polly.
NOMI: How’d you find out?
ZACK: You were busted for disturbing the peace at the Crave Club. Police took your fingerprints.
NOMI: I don’t have to listen to this.
ZACK: Yes! You! Do! [Pushes her into a more private area.] Polly Anne Costell: Your father killed your mother then killed himself. You ran away from a foster home, December 1990. Arrests: Denver soliciting—
NOMI: Stop it!
ZACK: San Jose—Soliciting. Cheyenne—soliciting. Should I read you the rest of ‘em—huh? How about possession of crack cocaine? Assault with a deadly weapon? Tell me something: why did you stop hooking? You had your future pretty well-mapped for yourself.
NOMI: I did what I had to do.
ZACK: Just like you did with Cristal.
NOMI: I’m not a whore.
ZACK: Nah—you’re not. You’re going to be a big star. Your face is going to be up on billboards. You’re going to make a lot of money for the Stardust.
NOMI: You’re not going to let him get away with this.
ZACK: Andrew Carver is at the Paradiso this year. But he might be at the Riviera next year, or the Stardust the year after that. He’s part of a team. So are you.
NOMI: What about Molly?
ZACK: You like her? I’ll make sure he gives her enough money. She can have a dress-shop…Tell me something: what did you charge, hooking?
NOMI: Fifty…a hundred sometimes.
ZACK: You got no self-esteem, baby. You’re a fantastic fuck…
NOMI: [Spits in his face.]
ZACK: I was paying you a compliment.