Fake Orgasm

by mmmomentaufnahme (Michael W. Dietrich) · 1 Photo

Remember the famous scene of Meg Ryan in When Harry met Sally from 1989. If not: You must watch it to understand these photogallery. Here is a short transcript but we highly recomend you watching the scene on youtube or wherever yourself. Harry and Sally are sitting in a restaurant eating HARRY What are you saying, they fake orgasm? SALLY It's possible. HARRY Get out of here. SALLY Why? Most women, at one time or another, have faked it. HARRY Yeah, well, they haven't faked it with me, okay? SALLY How do you know? HARRY Because I know. SALLY Oh right. I forgot. You're a man. HARRY What's that supposed to mean? SALLY Nothing. It's just that all men are sure it never happens to them, and all women at one time or another have done it. You do the math. HARRY You don't think I can tell the difference? SALLY No. HARRY Please. Don't be ridiculous. Sally looks at him. She puts down her fork. Her face goes blank for a split second before she begins. She starts with a low, rhythmic vocalization. SALLY Ooo... Oh... Harry looks around, confused. He smiles nervously, thinking she is making a small joke. SALLY Oh... Oh God... Her voice rises in pitch and volume. She begins to toss her head back, shaking her hair. Her hands grasp the table. SALLY Ooo... Oh... Oh God... The ambient noise of the deli begins to fade as patrons turn to watch. Harry stops chewing. His smile vanishes, replaced by a look of panic. SALLY Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh God! Sally begins to pound the table with her open palm in rhythm with her vocalizations. She is panting heavily. SALLY YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! She is screaming now, fully committed. She grabs her own hair, tossing her head wildly. Harry shrinks into his seat, looking for an escape. SALLY OH! OH! OH GOD! She hits a final, earth-shattering crescendo, arching her back against the booth. SALLY OHHHHHHHHHHH! She collapses back against the seat, exhausted. A moment of silence hangs over the table. She takes a deep breath, straightens her collar, fluffs her hair, and calmly picks up her fork. SALLY (Calmly, returning to her meal) ...and the dressing on the side. (Note: Some transcript variants imply she eats coleslaw or continues a previous order logic, but the visual action is her returning to the meal nonchalantly). Harry stares at her, stunned and speechless. The camera cuts to a nearby table where an OLDER WOMAN (Estelle Reiner) is sitting with a waiter standing over her. OLDER WOMAN (Deadpan) I'll have what she's having.


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