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- Tragic, is it not?
- What? What's tragic?
- The news from Crete.

7 seconds sound clip from the A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:19:13 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- She was sold?

- Yes, to the agents of a great roman captain. He claims her this very day. She cost 500 minae.

- Then receive, o bosom, thy...

- Put your bosom away.

- You say she just arrived from Crete?

- Yes.

- I hope the great captain is kind to her. She deserves a bit of affection before...

- Tragic, is it not?

- What? What's tragic?

- The news from Crete.

- What news?

- Why should I darken your day? Farewell.

- What is the news?

- What news?

- The news from Crete.

- You force me to tell you.

- Crete is being ravaged by a great plague. People are dying by the thousands.

- But this girl is healthy. She goes smiling through the day.

- She doesn't. I thought you knew: When they start to smile, the end is near.

- No?

- Yes.

[...]

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Sound Clip

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966) poster

Funny quotes from the movie A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966), with short sound clips.

Actors: Zero Mostel (Pseudolus), Michael Crawford (Hero), Phil Silvers (Marcus Lycus), Leon Greene (Miles Gloriosus), Buster Keaton (Erronius), Michael Hordern (Senex)

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