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Whoopi Goldberg in The Color Purple (1985)

Willard E. Pugh: Harpo

The Color Purple

Willard E. Pugh credited as playing...

Harpo

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  • Harpo: Who this, Pa? Who this?
  • Albert: The woman that shoulda been yo' mammy.
  • 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!
  • 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.
  • Albert: You ever hit her?
  • Harpo: No, sir.
  • Albert: How you expect her to mind? Wives is like children. You have to let them know who got the upper hand. Nothing can do it better than a good sound beating. Sofia thinks too much of herself. Needs to be taken down a peg or two.
  • Harpo: This is scandalous! A woman with children in a jook joint!
  • Sofia: A woman need to have a little fun, Harpo.
  • Harpo: Shut up! You know it's bad luck for a woman to laugh at a man!

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