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'This isn't my usual route, my husband's in intensive care'

posted 16 years ago by spasticaso
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Brilliant movie, completely underrated.

One thing's always puzzled me though - towards the end when they're on the bus Grimm's asking the bus driver about how close the route goes to the airport, then as he's heading back to his seat a disgruntled woman barks "This isn't my usual route, my husband's in intensive care" as if Grimm had just paid the driver to divert the journey closer to the airport. Other than her complaint there's no evidence of this having happened. Is there something I'm missing?

Also, does the head-shaving thing have any relevance?? Always thought that seemed a bit random...

[–] benosullivan7 16 years ago

Everyone on the bus, including the driver is insane - heightening their need to get away from the madness.

[–] JoshAcid 16 years ago

Yeah, that lady just bursting out with that comment is soooo New York...It's just good, observant writing to include that as kind of a non-sequitor that fits fine because of the specific setting of the film. The head-shaving (on a moving public bus, of all places) is pretty much the same thing..."Only in New York..." :)

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[–] bong_leach 16 years ago

yeah i was gonna say that also, it was very new york, they BLURT a ton

[–] kkinva68 15 years ago

only in New York? you have obviously never spent time in california's wonderful san fernando valley... pretty much the same thing everyone is crazy

[–] haloheaven 16 years ago

I thought she was trying to impart to Grimm that she lives in a better neighborhood, or wasn't as poor as taking that route implies.

I'll see you in HELL!...from Heaven! :)

[–] Polaris01313-1 15 years ago

I would have told the lady to put a sock in it.

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[–] M_Cobretti 15 years ago

You just need to take public transit in a major city for a while to get that blurt. The "get", of course, is that there's nothing to get, people just say crazy shyt for no reason to nobody.

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[–] ryderdvs 13 years ago

Another good example in film of insane New Yorkers is MIDNIGHT COWBOY. The lady in the diner who keeps rambling to anyone who will listen - "I'm not usually like this! I'm normally a very calm person!" As if anyone cares. Hilarious.

[–] pxchange 13 years ago

By "route" she didn't meant "path" but "timing". Unusual route is also used when schedules are not met; there were several stops due to the main character's adventures, including the stop that happened when Bill went to talk to the bus driver, while the other two talked back at their seats.

The passenger needed to be on-time to visit her sick husband sice patients at hospitals have very strict and limited visiting hours, specially for the intensive care wards.

I didn't get that phrase at first, and also considered the bribe option, but since the bus driver is a rule-maniac, he wouldn't accept such a thing. Took me a while to fully understand it at first =)

AWESOME movie.

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[–] mathmaniac 9 years ago

I've watched that bus scene several times - the character who says, 'This isn't my usual route...' looks exactly like Rhea Perlman. I can't decide if it is Rhea Perlman, uncredited!

[–] flanger216 8 years ago

It's insider NYC humor. She's your typical bougie who is mortified even to be seen on a bus, so she has to explain even to strangers that the only reason she's on a bus is that her husband is in the hospital. What mode of transportation you use is a major status symbol in NYC, and public transportation is perceived (by such bougies) as bottom of the barrel.