American Beauty/Awesome

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  • After spending a lot of the movie subtley putting Jane down and undermining her, Jane and Ricky's verbal bitch-slap to Angela is pretty satisfying:

Angela: Jane, he's a freak!
Jane: Well SO AM I! And we'll always be freaks and you never will because you're just\\ \\too...perfect.
Angela: Yeah, well, at least I'm not ugly.
Ricky: Yes you are. And you're boring. And totally ordinary. And you know it.

  • Lester blackmailing his boss on his way out the door, including threatening to lie that the guy came on to him, knowing people will want to believe it.
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