American Rhetoric Movie Speech: O Brother Where Art Thou? - Homer Stokes vs. The Soggy Bottom Boys

American Rhetoric: Movie Speech

"O' Brother, Where Art Thou?" (2000)

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Homer Stokes vs. 'The Soggy Bottom Boys'

Windows Media Video Stream of Address delivered by Wayne Duvall

These boys is not white. These boys is not white. Hell, they ain't even old-timey.

Look, I happen to know, ladies and gentlemen, that this band of miscreants here, this very evening, interfered with a lynch mob in the performance of its duty. Well, it's true. See, I belong to a certain secret society -- I don't believe I gotta mention it's name -- and these boys, here, they trampled all over our venerated observances and rituals.

Now, this here music is over, alright?

Listen to me, these boys desecrated a fiery cross. And this ...fugitives escaped off the farm. Now, folks, these boys gotta be remanded to the authorities. Criminals.

And, I have it from the highest authority that that negra sold his soul to the devil.

[audience expresses disapproval]

Wait, wait a minute folks. It's true. It's true. Now, wait a minute, folks. Is you is or is you ain't my constituency? Is you is or is you ain't my constituency? Is you is or -- [plug pulled]