the A.L.A?


this may be a silly question, but what is the A.L.A? Lily mentions this club(?) to Xavier when they are having dinner, she think it's related to what they do (his Chatar "beliefs"). but they end up broken up. remember?

what is it?

>> there. i said it. <<

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I read an interview with the director who said they had to take the definition of ALA out of the film in order to qualify for a PG-13 rating.

So, based on that I am guessing it does not stand for American Library Association http://www.ala.org but instead something like Ass-Love Association.

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oh, that explains it. thanks.

>> there. i said it. <<

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at a guess : Anal Love Association

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When Liliy leaves Xavier's house,
isn't she walking slowly, as if in pain? :)

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I couldn't tell if she was physically uncomfortable or in shock over what she just did with Xavier...so I am thinking it was both.

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she was walking slowly,yes, but she did not seem in pain

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This is from the screenplay (which can be found online):

76 INT. XAVIER’S HOUSE -- NIGHT 76

Xavier, with Lily that evening, puts the brochure down, his
tone exasperated.

LILY
So, a fellow was passing these out
on the street and invited us to a
meeting on Tuesday.

XAVIER
The “A.L.A.” -- oh my God.

LILY
I thought it was something related.

XAVIER
You’re kidding.

Lily, small voice, intimidated:

LILY
No.

XAVIER
“The A.L.A.?” “The Anal Love
Association?” What do we have to
do with that?

Lily looks down at the brochure again.

79.XAVIER (CONT’D)
You haven’t understood any of what
we’ve talked about?

LILY
Talked about?...

XAVIER
The A.L.A. has nothing to do with
us. Can’t you see that?

Xavier sighs heavily and walks away, then returns.

XAVIER (CONT’D)
The way we express love has
meaning, it’s in the context of
something beautiful. We’re
following our Creator’s teaching,
aspiring to an ideal -- a beautiful
one that brings an inexpressible
closeness, not just to each other,
but to--

He grabs the brochure.

XAVIER (CONT’D)
For the A.L.A. and those like them,
the love-act is just hedonistic
pleasure-seeking, of a perverted
nature -- there are words for
people like that...! I can’t
believe you’d think we had anything
in common with them. We don’t,
nothing, not an iota.

Lily stares back at him.

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