A play on the phrase "Out of sight, out of mind".
The original means not thinking about someone (or something) that is not
around. The twisted phrase which is an alternate title is also a
summation of the plot. The girl that no one thinks about becomes
invisible.
Cordelia: My eyes are hazel Helen
Keller.
Helen Keller (1880 - 1968) was a world
famous author and speaker. Due to a childhood disease, she was left
blind and deaf. The story of Helen Keller and her tutor Anne Sullivan
has been told in numerous biographies
and movies.
Miss Miller:
If you prick us, do we not bleed?
If you tickle us, do we not laugh?
If you poison us, do we not die?
And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?
Cordelia: He acts like it's justice, him getting
a pound of Antonio's flesh.
Miss Miller is reading from Shakespeare's Merchant
of Venice. In the play, Shylock lends three thousand ducats to
Antonio. As a bond, Anontio agrees that if the sum is not repaid,
Shylock is entitled to a pound of his flesh.
Shylock's position as an outcast in his society and the class discussion
is a fitting background for the story of an outcast/unseen girl.
Cordelia: That is such a twinkie
defense.
A reference to Dan White's defense in the murder of San Francisco Mayor
George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk. Part of the defense was temporary
insanity due to eating too much junk food. The term twinkie defense has
come to mean a specious claim of non responsibility.
Buffy: Gee, it's fun that we're speaking
in tongues.
Buffy, not understanding Willow and Xander's inside joke, equates their
conversation to the controversial practice of speaking
in tongues. The New Testament contains accounts of early Christians
who were able to speak in other languages. There is considerable
debate over whether these are other human languages or if it includes "angelic"
languages. There is also considerable debate over whether such occurances
legitmately happen today.
Cordelia: God, is she really wearing Laura
Ashley?
Laura Ashley is a home furnishings
and clothing designer that is apparently below Cordelia's high standards.
Laura Ashley creations are typically up-scale
and often feature floral prints.