Party Girl (1995)

Sasha von Scherler: Judy Lindendorf

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Quotes 

• Mary : [after a man mouths off to Judy and storms out]  What a dick.

  Judy Lindendorf : He's not a dick, he's a patron. I lost 2 dedicated clerks last month because I couldn't afford to pay them a competitive wage, they make more money at McDonald's. You... no, a girl like you couldn't...

  Mary : What do you mean a girl like me?

  Judy Lindendorf : Your mother was a woman with no common sense, of course your father was a man without a conscience.

  Mary : You think I couldn't be a librarian?

  Judy Lindendorf : Darling, a librarian is a professional with a master's degree in library science, even a clerk who *merely* shelves and stamps...

  Mary : You think I couldn't be a library clerk?

  Judy Lindendorf : Your mother was a woman with no common sense.

  Mary : You think I couldn't be a library clerk.

  Judy Lindendorf : A library clerk is *smart*, responsible...

  Mary : [yelling so people overhear]  You don't think I'm smart enough to work in your fucking library?

  Judy Lindendorf : I think nothing of the sort.

  Mary : You're ashamed of me, Judy, you're my only family, and you're ashamed of me.

  Judy Lindendorf : Fine, you can start right now.

  Mary : Fine, I will! Great!

  Judy Lindendorf : [stands up]  Wanda, this is my goddaughter, Mary, she's our newest clerk.

  Wanda : I assume you're familiar with the Dewey Decimal System.

  [Mary gets a look of horror] 

• Mary : I may have made a mistake but that is no reason to patronize me. It is dismaying that your expectations are based on the performance of a lesser primate, and also revelatory of a managerial style which is sadly lacking. Is it any wonder then that I've chosen not to learn the intricacies of an antiquated and idiotic system

  [grunt] 

  Mary : i think not!

  Judy Lindendorf : Re-code it!

  Mary : Fuck you!

  Judy Lindendorf : Re-code it!

  Mary : If you had really loved my mother, you wouldn't treat me like this.

• Judy Lindendorf : When I see you, a smart, powerful woman, and see you acting like the town idiot, it makes me sick! When most women are struggling to demonstrate their intelligence, their complexity, here you are trying to prove just how stupid you can be!

  Mary : Judy, please...

  Judy Lindendorf : Look! Here is a card from an early card catalogue. See that handwriting? Look at the flowery script. That's what young ladylike librarians were taught, penmanship.

  Mary : I am sorry!

  Judy Lindendorf : Melville Dewey hired women as librarians because he believed the job didn't require any intelligence! It was a woman's *job*!

  Mary : That's not my fault...

  Judy Lindendorf : That means it's under *paid* and under *valued*! This country has *more* illiteracy than some of the most underdeveloped nations! Even Americans who *can* read *don't*! They watch movies, they watch television, they watch movies *on* the television!

  Mary : I said I was...

  Judy Lindendorf : Get out! I won't have you working here.

  Judy Lindendorf : [as Mary starts to walk away]  Mary!

  Judy Lindendorf : [as Mary stops and looks]  This is a depression!