The Color Purple (1985)
Willard E. Pugh: Harpo Johnson
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Quotes
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Squeak : Harpo! Who dis woman?
Harpo : Now come now, you know who this is.
Squeak : She best'a leave you alone.
Sophia : Fine with me.
Harpo : [to Sophia] You ain't got to go nowhere. Dis here my juke-joint.
Squeak : [to Harpo] You said dis here our juke-joint!
Harpo : Listen woman, can't a man dance with his wife if he wants to?
Squeak : Not if she a heifer!
[to Sophia]
Squeak : And not if he my man! You just a big ol heifer. Ha Ha Ha.
Sophia : [to Squeak] Like I said, fine with me!
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Celie : I got children. My children, they're living in Africa. Africa. Learning different languages. Fresh air and plenty of exercise. And they're gonna turn out a heap better than these FOOLS you never tried to raise.
Harpo : Now hold on here!
Celie : No hold on here, Harpo. If you hadn't tried to rule over Sofia, white folks never would have gotten her.
Harpo : That's a lie! Now that's a lie!
Celie : It's the truth isn't it? Y'all was rotten kids. You was. You was rotten kids. Made my life here hell. Course your daddy ain't nothing but some dead... HORSESHIT.
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Harpo : Shut up! You know it's bad luck for a woman to laugh at a man!