A line from 1776 I've been seeking
Jul. 19th, 2009 11:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
womzillaI came across this while re-reading old Usenet posts:
In the musical 1776, Lewis Morris, the New York delegate, respectfully declines to participate in any and all debate and voting. Late in the story, one of the principals (probably John Adams) blows up and demands to know why he never does anything. The delegate explains that he is empowered solely to represent the wishes of the New York legislature, and
That line there got big laughs from the New York audience, I tell you what.
In the musical 1776, Lewis Morris, the New York delegate, respectfully declines to participate in any and all debate and voting. Late in the story, one of the principals (probably John Adams) blows up and demands to know why he never does anything. The delegate explains that he is empowered solely to represent the wishes of the New York legislature, and
Have you ever been to a meeting of the New York Legislature? Everyone speaks very loud, and very fast, and nobody listens to anybody else, with the result that nothing ever gets done. I beg the Congress's pardon.
That line there got big laughs from the New York audience, I tell you what.
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Date: 2009-07-19 04:20 pm (UTC)(It was John Hancock who asked him, BTW. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068156/quotes )
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Date: 2009-07-20 01:26 am (UTC)"This particularly rapid unintelligible patter isn't generally heard, and if it is, it doesn't matter"