The King and the Clown (2005)

Lee Joon-gi: Gong-gil

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Quotes 

• [From subtitles] 

  Gong-gil : [atop a tightrope]  To be up here, away from the bustle, my legs like wings would spread.

  Jang-sang : [from below]  Ahoy! What is that flower in full bloom I see yonder?

  Street musician : Dost thou not recognize the one and only?

  Jang-sang : So it is! The one and only! With rose petal'd lips. O Friend, beat thee thy leather while I go pick the flower.

  Gong-gil : [watching Jang-sang ascend the tightrope]  My, my, there comes a fool, rash and proud! Never knew a fool who knew his place!

  Jang-sang : Ho! A tongue most untamed! Master of this house am I, come to bait thee!

  Gong-gil : A gallows-hung scoundrel is what I see with an ill-fitting coat to hide his sores!

  Jang-sang : Oh thorny Rose, is thy iris closed for me? Open them, and see as I walk the Master's gait. Oh, really!

  [Jang-sang precariously walks across the tightrope] 

  Jang-sang : [finally reaching the other side]  Good heavens! Me thought it would be a mere hop and a skip but t'was longer than a runny trip to the outhouse!

  Gong-gil : [having climbed down]  Master gait, master bait, either way strains the balls!

  Jang-sang : And now, a fornicating wench, running off upon being surprised. 'Tis thy own form, saucy wench.

  [Jang-sang quickly walks back across the tightrope again] 

  Gong-gil : I was expecting to see thee fall and crack thy frame. But not bad!

  Jang-sang : Indeed, gifted are my two legs, but it is my third that has true genius - and thou shall see it this night!

  [Jang-sang performs acrobatics on the tightrope] 

  Blackhat : Master wants to see you.

  Gong-gil : Thy twin eggs, are they cracked yet or just in the crack?

  Jang-sang : [as the crowd laughs]  Safely in the crack, plugging my bunghole! But now, I must drain my bladder. I gotta pee before I continue!

  Gong-gil : Why, you dirty boor! So then, let's try it on for size!

  Jang-sang : Good idea! I shall oblige!