the banana scene

Perhaps you are right. I didn't think of oral. Because he said something ike " I thought we would use this to get the messy part out of the way"
and she says something like " I am not going to lose my virginity to a piece of fruit"
it's just so creepy!

"Mom's gonna fix it all soon. Mom's comin' round to put it back the way it oughta be."

Nope, he was obviously talking about the real thing with Jenny saying that she wasnt going to lose her virginity to a piece of fruit, althought I did also think for a moment that the whole condom on the banana thing was going to happen, this is playing with the viewers minds.
Although gross, this kind of thing can happen. The manipulation of the older man to seduce the younger girl is brought across in the character of David just by that line about avoiding the mess. He is treating Jenny like a child by presenting her with the banana and saying this masking it into him being concerned for her. Jenny is behaving in a much more mature way than he is and confirms this by asking him to treat her like an adult when she does sleep with him. I also think its great that they do not show the sex scene and it skips straight to the 'Do you still feel like a school girl?' question following this. Contrasted with Jenny stood smoking surrounded by the silk curtains represents childhood innocence lost.

That was not Maggie Gylenhall (however you spell it) it was Carrie something

he was a pedophile, just add the banana to the list; he'd spend a good 10 years in jail round here for what he did to her even not including the banana.

Yes, I agree. But I do think there were at least a couple of other posters who seemed to understand that the banana's purpose was to avoid the messiness inherent in "popping the cherry". (BTW, I'd normally apologize for mixing metaphors, but I'm not sure if the same should hold true for mixing fruits.)

The only other thing I'd add is that I think the whole purpose of the banana scene was to give us the first hint that David is an "old hand" at this sort of thing: not just seducing women, but deflowering virgins.

Yeah, I know -- I also understood immediately that the banana was for exactly that purpose, and if one was confused the bit in the dialogue about the "messy bit" is self-explanatory. I think some of the posters here may be very young and therefore miss references like this one. I hope this is the case anyway as how anyone thinks it has to do with anything else (oral?!?) sort of baffles me. The whole point is that David is a loser for repeatedly picking up school girls (at least Helen is Danny's age), and he isn't even man enough to deflower Jenny properly but wants a fruit to do the "messy" work for him.

"Hearts and kidneys are tinker toys! I am talking about the central nervous system!"

Zing - scene straight after they have sex.

Aaaaand now "Bananaphone" is stuck in my head. Permanently.

Ringringringringring....

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