ABSTRACT
Sometimes the crack is tiny, but it still does the trick. In Pretty Woman, the crack for Richard Gere's billionaire Edward is dental floss. He has hired Vivian, a hooker, for the night. He is depressed and they have not done anything, other than watch TV and eat a few strawberries. When he comes into the bathroom and she quickly puts her hand behind her back, he thinks she is doing drugs and is about to throw her out. She denies that it's drugs, but does not offer to show him what she is hiding. When he grabs her wrist and she opens her hand, she holds dental floss. In Brief Encounter, the crack is even smaller. It is a tiny cinder in a woman's eye in a train, station in post-war London. In Pride and Prejudice again, the crack is a muddy hem and windblown hair.
