Topsy-Turvy (1999)

Andy Serkis: John D'Auban

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Quotes 

• John D'Auban, Choregrapher : I haven't laughed so much since my tights caught fire in "Harlequin Meets Itchity Witch and the Snitch".

• Gilbert : Now, Miss "Sixpence, Please" - what you have just witnessed is not even remotely Japanese, am I right?

  [Miss "Sixpence, Please" is silent] 

  Gilbert : [to the Japanese man]  Sir - Japanese.

  Japanese Man : Japanese.

  Gilbert : No.

  Japanese Man : No.

  Gilbert : Thank you very much...

  John D'Auban, Choregrapher : Excuse me, Mr. Gilbert sir, if I may?

  [to the Japanese man] 

  John D'Auban, Choregrapher : Japanese.

  Japanese Man : Japanese.

  John D'Auban, Choregrapher : Yes.

  Japanese Man : Yes.

  John D'Auban, Choregrapher : [to Gilbert]  See, he hasn't got the faintest idea what you're talkin' about.

• John D'Auban, Choregrapher : On the whole, the terpsichore was executed very magnifiquely, notwithstanding the topsy-turvydom befuddling Mr. Ko-Ko's entrance.

• Gilbert : They walked downstage in the Japanese manner.

  John D'Auban, Choregrapher : They walked downstage in the Japanese manner because they are Japanese.

  Gilbert : Exactly, and that is precisely why they are here.

  John D'Auban, Choregrapher : Our three little maids are not Japanese. However, they are very funny.

  Gilbert : No funnier, however, than they would be if they all sat down on pork pies.