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Why don't you come up sometime and see me?
— She Done Him Wrong ‧ 1933
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
It is the pre-Code invitation that made Mae West a legend: a double entendre delivered so lazily that it dares censors to object. The popular form, 'Come up and see me sometime', is a smoothed-over rewording; in this film she asks it as a question and adds that she is home every evening. It remains the shorthand for a knowing, unembarrassed come-on, and AFI ranks it 26th among movie quotes.
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In context
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In She Done Him Wrong (1933), Mae West plays Lady Lou, a Bowery saloon singer in 1890s New York, dripping in diamonds from her boss Gus Jordan. Next door is a city mission run by Captain Cummings, a handsome young reformer who is actually an undercover federal agent, played by a newcomer, Cary Grant. When he comes in, Lou sizes him up, remarks that she always liked a man in uniform, and invites him to drop by her rooms, adding that she is home every evening. The film was adapted from West's own 1928 stage play Diamond Lil.
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- Wikiquote: She Done Him WrongLady Lou sectionReference checked
- Wikipedia: She Done Him WrongLead and PlotReference checked
- Wikiquote: Mae WestQuotesReference checked
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