Ever hear of a collect call, Katie?
Have watched this a couple times on VH1 and it's pleasant enough.
But it drives me CRAZY when they get to the scene were Katie gets her purse stolen after quitting the strip club, finally calls her parents, and gets cut off because she doesn't have another dime to put into the pay phone to keep the call going.
I am old enough to remember pre cell phone times and collect calls were very common. AND you can make them from pay phones. Someone like Katie--and her parents--would have known this. And that's what she would have done.
I know they wanted to add "drama" and frustration to the movie, but it's maddening to have done it this way. Back then, people would have routinely made collect calls. Everyone knew about them, what they were and how they worked. And that's what Katie would have done if she didn't have enough dimes to pay for the call herself. Her mom would have said it over the phone when she realized what was happening. "Katie, hang up and call us back collect!"