Flower Drum Song (1961)

Juanita Hall: Madame Liang

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Quotes 

• Madame 'Auntie' Liang : In my citizenship class, I have learned: "We, the people of the United States, are entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happy times."

• Madame 'Auntie' Liang : What did he look like?

  Wang Chi-Yang : Who?

  Madame 'Auntie' Liang : The robber.

  Wang Chi-Yang : Dont ask me what he looked like! All white men look alike!

• Wang San : So long, Pop. Don't take any wooden chopsticks!

  Wang Chi-Yang : You! You go right back, and finish your breakfast!... What language is he using? I have a feeling he has been disrespectful, but I am not sure.

  Madame 'Auntie' Liang : No, no. That is American-style slang.

• Madame 'Auntie' Liang : How is your octopus today?

  Tradesman : Oh, it isn't.

  Madame 'Auntie' Liang : Then sell me five pounds of seahorses, two pounds of dried snake meat, and a box of longevity noodles. Oh, yes, and a dozen thousand-year eggs. And be sure they're fresh.

• Wang Ta : I need some money.

  Wang Chi-Yang : Money. That is nothing unusual. How much this time?

  Wang Ta : Twenty five bucks.

  Wang Chi-Yang : Bucks?

  Madame 'Auntie' Liang : Dollars.

• Bank Manager : No, no, no. Everybody, everybody, back, back. The gentleman made a mistake. Mister.

  Madame 'Auntie' Liang : My sister's husband.

  Wang Chi-Yang : My congratulations! This is indeed an excellent system!

• Professor : And are you also proud of this fine American citizen in your family, Master Wong?

  Wang Chi-Yang : To become an American citizen it took her five years. She was Chinese in nine months.

  Madame 'Auntie' Liang : I am happy to be both Chinese and American.

  Wang Chi-Yang : You are like the Chinese dish the Americans invented. What do they call it?

  Wang Ta : Chop Suey.

  Wang Chi-Yang : That is it. Everything is in it. All mixed up.

  Madame 'Auntie' Liang : I like that.

  [singing] 

  Madame 'Auntie' Liang : Chop Suey. Chop Suey. / Living here is very much like Chop Suey. / Hula-hoops and nucelar war, Doctor Salk and Zsa Zsa Gabor, / Bobby Darin, Sandra Dee and Dewey, Chop Suey.

  Chorus : Chop Suey!

• Wang Chi-Yang : Has a man no privacy even in his own bedroom?

  Madame 'Auntie' Liang : At your age, privacy in your bedroom is the last thing you should complain about!