Adam's Rib (1949)
Hope Emerson: Olympia La Pere
Quotes
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Olympia La Pere : This was a good act. You see, they lift, lift, lift and then the last guy does a one-hand 350 barbell lift. Then while he's still got it up I come on and lift him with his barbell together. Peeled down, see, so they could tell I was a woman.
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Amanda Bonner : Just what is it that you do?
Olympia La Pere : Well, it changes, see? Like, take, for instance, tumbling. I used to do a lot of that tumbling but it gets corny, and I'm stuck with the role of flip-flap.
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Olympia La Pere : We do this open pyramid where I support five men.
Amanda Bonner : Surely, you're not the only female who does that.
