Wang Ta Quotes in Flower Drum Song (1961)

Wang Ta: This is not China. This is a different world. And here a man has the right to choose his own wife.

Wang Chi-Yang: And here he also has the right to get divorced every year and pick a new one.

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 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.

Wang Ta: Would you like to dance?

Mei Li: I don't know how, but I will walk around with you while you dance.

Wang Chi-Yang: Where have you been till this hour?

Wang Ta: Spending the night...

Wang Chi-Yang: Stop! Not in front of your aunt.

Wang Ta: I beg your forgiveness, Father. I should have listened. I was a fool.

Wang Chi-Yang: Knowing you are a fool is the beginning of wisdom. Now I have my son back.

Wang Ta: [singing] You are beautiful, small and shy.

Wang Ta: Here, they're not really married until they seal it with a kiss.

Mei Li: Everything in America ends in a kiss. What does it mean? Why do they do it?

Wang Ta: How do I look?