You know, I started out on clean up, just like you guys. But now…see, I’m washing lettuce. Soon I’ll be on fries; then the grill. A year or two, I make assistant manager, and that’s where the big bucks start rollin' in.

Coming to America

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Climbing the corporate ladder

Speaker

Maurice

Actor

Louie Anderson

Source

Coming to America

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Statement Type

Irony

Language

English

Time

1988 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Coming To America. Directed by John Landis, Eddie Murphy Productions, 1988.

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