April 10, 2008

on A Tale of Two Cities, the silent movie

  • Mr. Holloway: So the moral of that story is, Madame Defarge is like the Nazis. She's swarthy like them, and so on.
  • Scooter: Did she have a beard?
  • Mr. Holloway: No.
  • Scooter: Or a mustache?
  • Mr. Holloway: No. And Sydney Carton is like the British -- the Allies.
  • Scooter: Did ~he~ have a mustache?