Finian's Rainbow (1968)
Louil Silas: Henry
Quotes
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Henry : Susan wants to tell you something!
Buzz Collins : Well, I'm listening!
[Susan dances]
Older Man : What's she saying?
Henry : She says you've got to wait for Woody! He's bringing the money!
Buzz Collins : I didn't hear her say anything!
Woman : Naturally. She was born silent.
Husband : One of the few women ever was.
Henry : Sure, Mister! She don't do talk-talk, she does foot-talk!
Buzz Collins : 'Foot-talk?' That's ridiculous! What's she saying now?
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Sharon McLonergan : Do you mean to say you're taking this land from these people merely because their skins are black?
Henry : Don't let them chase us!
Senator Billboard Rawkins : Will you shut this kid up? He's making me look like a bully. All right, Sheriff, get them out of here.
Sheriff : You heard the Senator, you folks better start packin' your things.
Boy : Is Henry the wrong color?
Sharon McLonergan : No, of course not. He's the right color.
[she walks towards Senator Rawkins]
Sharon McLonergan : But there's something wrong with the world! Oh, I wish...
Finian McLonergan : Sharon. Sharon.
Sharon McLonergan : There's something wrong with the world that you and your kind have made for people like Henry! I wish you could know what that world is like. I wish to God you were black!
[wind, thunder]
Senator Billboard Rawkins : Well, I'm a son of a biscuit...