The Shanghai Gesture (1941)

Ona Munson: 'Mother' Gin Sling

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Quotes 

• 'Mother' Gin Sling : [of an ordinance that would outlaw her establishment]  I've lived by my own ordinances for a long time now, and I intend to disregard all others.

• Poppy : You don't drink, Mother Gin Sling? Is your name Chinese or English?

  'Mother' Gin Sling : Indeed Gin Sling is English. It's a nickname as common in this part of the world as the drink sold over the counter.

  Poppy : Why Gin Sling? Why not Whiskey Soda?

  'Mother' Gin Sling : There was a girl called Whiskey Soda too. And another one - Martini. And one called Scotch Highball, another Benedictine. In other places I might have been called Rose, or Violet, or Lily, or, eh, even Poppy.

• 'Mother' Gin Sling : [on being a sex slave]  My soles cut open and pebbles sewn inside to keep me from running away!