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Real Movies: Pretty Woman
The setup
The premise
Here’s the bit.
From the studio stage, Dave Chappelle recalls Pretty Woman, the movie in which Julia Roberts's streetwalker lands a millionaire and they fall in love, and promises to show what would happen in real life. The scene opens on the couple lying in bed after their night together. Vivian earnestly opens up about how she ended up in the business, from dead-end jobs and unpaid rent to a friend who made sex work sound glamorous, while Edward listens beside her with a polite smile. When she finishes, the fairy tale ends on the spot: he bluntly tells her to leave.
The funny people
Meet the cast. 3
Say it with us
Highly quotable.
She was a hooker and made it sound so great.
You've got to get the fuck out of here.
Behind the scenes
The people who made it.
Script
Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.
- 00:00
Dave Chappelle
Now, who could forget the timeless classic, Pretty Woman, where Julia Roberts plays a prostitute that lucks up and meets a millionaire and they fall in love. Well, let's see what would happen in the real version of Pretty Woman.
- 00:17
Vivian Ward ?
I worked at a couple of fast food places. Parked cars at wrestling. I I couldn't pay the rent, and I was too ashamed to go home. when I met Kit. She was a hooker and made it sound so great.
- 00:42
Okay.
- 00:44
Edward Lewis ?
You've got to get the fuck out of here.
The rabbit hole continues
One more couldn’t hurt.
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