Flower Drum Song Page #9

It is the wish

of my mother-in-law.

The bride is carried through

the street in a sedan chair

and at the ceremony we

drink from a double goblet,

and then the bridegroom

lifts the veil and looks

at his bride's face.

You have a beautiful face, Mei Li.

Same face.

Doesn't he even

kiss the bride?

Why should he?

They are already married.

Here, they're not really married

until they seal it with a kiss.

Everything in America

ends with a kiss.

What does it mean?

Why do they do it?

It expresses how you feel.

When you do it with the right

person, you light up inside.

It's difficult to explain.

Maybe it would be easier

if you show me.

Yes, it would.

Then do it.

Come here.

What's that for?

It is the kiss position

I saw on the television.

No, relax. Not that much.

You've got...

You've got two noses.

Close your eyes.

It's better

if you don't stare at me.

Can I open my eyes now?

Is that the kiss that

makes you light up inside?

No. Compared to the kisses

you see in the movies,

this was only half done.

Only half done?

Do a well done, please.

I like it well done.

Oh, Ta, your heart is beating.

Can you feel mine?

I love you, Mei Li.

Oh, Ta, what can we do?

I don't know,

but I'll think of something.

I won't go home tonight.

I'll walk the streets

until I get an idea.

Oh, I will not sleep, too.

Good night, my darling.

Good night, my darling, too.

Try to think of something.

Good night. Try to think of something.

I have not been asleep, my

daughter. I heard everything.

Father, please help me.

There's nothing we can do.

The marriage contract

is signed and sealed.

Seor Sheriff,

I must give myself up.

Well, now, don't tell me that you held

up the Wells Fargo stage at Eagle Rock.

No, no. I came

into this country illegally

across the Rio Grande.

I am a wetback.

I cannot marry

with Rodriguez.

He is in love

with another woman,

and he is a wetback, too.

I must give myself up.

I am a wetback.

Honorable sirs,

and my future mother-in-law,

I must confess something.

I came into this country

illegally across the Pacific Ocean.

It is for that reason,

I cannot marry your son.

My back is wet.

Did you hear that, Momma?

My son cannot marry a wetback.

She has broken the law

and can be deported.

The contract is not valid.

Sir, I would be happy

to marry your daughter,

even if we are both deported.

You are a brave man, Ta.

Oh, Mei Li, you're wonderful.

You thought of something.

Ta, tomorrow we must go

to the Temple of Tin How

and thank the Goddess

of Heaven for television.

Yes.

Linda.

Sammy.

Come with me, Linda.

Mom, I want to make it

a double wedding.

She's okay. She came into this country

the regular way, through her mother.

Mother.

A hundred million miracles

A hundred million miracles

A hundred million miracles

A hundred million miracles

Are happening every day

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