You're undeserving, so you can't have it. But, my needs is as great as the most deserving...
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Alfred P. Doolittle:
What am I? I ask you, what am I? I'm one of the underserving poor, that's what I am. Now, think what that means to a man. It means he's up against middle-class morality for all the time. If there's anything going, and I puts in for a bit of it, it's always the same story: you're undeserving, so you can't have it. But, my needs is as great as the most deserving widows that ever got money out of six different charities in one week for the death of the same husband. Heh, I don't need LESS than a deserving man, I need MORE. I don't eat less hearty than he does, and I drink... oh, a lot more. I'm playing straight with you. I ain't pretending to be deserving... no... I'm undeserving, and I mean to go on being undeserving. I like it, and that's the truth. But, will you take advantage of a man's nature to do him out of the price of his own daughter, what he's brought up, fed and clothed by the sweat of his brow till she's growed big enough to be... interesting to you two gentlemen? Well, is five pounds unreasonable? I put it to you... and I leave it to you.
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I'm one of the undeserving poor,
that's what I am.
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Now, think
what that means to a man.
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It means he's up against
middle-class morality for all of time.
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If there's anything going
and I puts in for a bit of it,
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it's always the same story.
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"You're undeserving
so you can't have it."
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But my needs is as great
as the most deserving widows
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that ever got money out
of six different charities in one week
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for the death of the same husband.
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I don't need less than
a deserving man, I need more.
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I don't eat less hearty than he does.
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And I drink, oh, a lot more.
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I'm playing straight with you.
I ain't pretending to be deserving.
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No, I'm undeserving.
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And I mean to go on
being undeserving.
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I like it, and that's the truth.
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But will you take advantage
of a man's nature
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to do him out of the price
of his own daughter,
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what he's brought up, fed and clothed
by the sweat of his brow
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till she's growed big enough
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to be interesting
to you two gentlemen?
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Well, is 5 pounds unreasonable?
I put it to you.
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And I leave it to you.
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You know, Pickering, if we took
this man in hand for three months,
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he could choose
between a seat in the cabinet
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and a popular pulpit in Wales.
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We'd better give him a fiver.
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He'll make bad use of it, I'm afraid.
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Oh, not me, governor.
So help me, I won't.
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Just one good spree
for myself and the missus.
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Giving pleasure to ourselves
and employment to others.
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And satisfaction to you to know
it ain't been thrown away.
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You couldn't spend it better.
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Oh, this is irresistible.
Let's give him 10.
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No, the missus wouldn't have the heart
to spend 10, governor.
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Ten pounds is a lot of money.
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Makes a man feel prudent-like,
and then goodbye to happiness.
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No, you give me what I ask, governor.
Not a penny less, not a penny more.
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I rather draw the line at encouraging
this sort of immorality, Doolittle.
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Why don't you marry
that missus of yours, eh?
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After all, marriage isn't so frightening.
You married Eliza's mother.
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Who told you that, governor?
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Well, nobody told me.
I concluded, naturally.
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If we listen to this man
for another minute,
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we shall have no convictions left.
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- Five pounds, I think you said.
- Thank you, governor, thank you.
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Are you sure you won't have 10?
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- No, no, perhaps another time.
- I won't, I won't, I won't.
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I beg your pardon, miss.
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I won't say those ruddy vowels
one more time.
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Blimey, it's Eliza.
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Well, I never thought
she'd clean up so good-looking.
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She does me credit,
don't she, governor?
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Here, what you doing here?
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Now, now, you hold your tongue.
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And don't you give these gentlemen
none of your lip.
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If you have any trouble
with her, governor,
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give her a few licks of the strap.
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That's the way to improve her mind.
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Well, good morning, gentlemen.
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- Cheerio, Eliza.
- Mah!
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There's a man for you.
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A philosophical genius
of the first water.
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Mrs. Pearce,
write to Mr. Ezra Wallingford
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and tell him if he wants a lecturer
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to get in touch
with Mr. Alfred P. Doolittle,
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a common dustman, one of the most
original moralists in England.
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Yes, sir.
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Here, what did he come for?
Clip duration: 192 seconds
Views: 696
Timestamp in movie: 00h 56m 30s
Uploaded: 18 October, 2021
Genres: drama, family, musical
Summary: In 1910s London, snobbish phonetics professor Henry Higgins agrees to a wager that he can make crude flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, presentable in high society.
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