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Musical: Caroline, or Change
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MR. STOPNICK Yes I know it worked just dandy for that Indian Mister Ghandi but with respect for Martin Luther King— EMMIE I think it’s a negro thing, a southern thing, a Christian thing; mister, you don’t understand how Dr. King has got things planned. MR. STOPNICK Oh Jews can be nonviolent too. There’s nothing meeker than a Jew! Listen girlie, we have learned: nonviolence will get you burned. EMMIE No I’m sorry that ain’t so. Listen to the radio. What we’re trying’s already working! Segregation’s already dying! MR. STOPNICK I been on the earth a while… ROSE Papa, this is Emmie Emmie this is Mr. Stopnick, he-- MR. STOPNICK …your optimism makes me smile. Good for you you’re optimistic! But I think it ain’t realistic. EMMIE I’d like to know how you come to feel you know so much about what is real, sitting safe and high and pretty, way up north in New York City? I’d like to know! CAROLINE Emmie! EMMIE Mama… CAROLINE I said quit! EMMIE He the one that started it! ROSE You know I was reading in the paper just the other day— EMMIE I’d like to know how some guy just off a plane marchin in to explain, guess you seen it all plain from the air? It our affair Now our resistance start to make a difference here come your “assistance.” MR. STOPNICK (with Emmie) Is that so? Why’s it so impossible to know, white or Jew or negro if the boss’s boot’s in your face what do you do? Shed a tear? Keep lying there? A face knows it’s no footrest regardless of religion or race! CAROLINE Child you hear me?! Hush your mouth! March that tray back to the kitchen! MR. STOPNICK Lady, please, since I come south, she’s my first real conversation. Let her stay! CAROLINE It’s past her bed. ROSE It’s good that she’s high-spirited! CAROLINE Yes’m. Thank you. We’ll start cleaning in the kitchen, then go home. [Thanks to Michael for lyrics] Back to main page: Caroline, or Change Lyrics
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