And that's a good thing.
Speaking of scenes in films that are just happy...
THE RIVER White robes stream down the hill, out of the woods, and down the riverbank. The voices swell in a great chorus: VOICES We went down to the river one day, Studying about that good old way, And who shall wear that robe and crown, Oh Lord, show us the way... We are booming down to reveal a minister in the foreground. He stands belly-deep in the river, easing a white-robed man back-down into the water. Behind him a line of robed singers lengthens steadily as people stream out of the woods. Pete, Delmar and Everett emerge from the woods and gaze down at the river. White-robed people continue to drift past them. EVERETT I guess hard times flush the chumps. Everybody's lookin' for answers, and there's always - Delmar wades out into the stream, cutting in line. Where the hell's he goin'? Delmar has reached the minister and holds his nose as the minister incantates over him and lowers him into the water. PETE Well, I'll be a sonofabitch. Delmar's been saved! EVERETT Pete, don't be ignorant - Delmar is slogging back through the water. DELMAR Well that's it boys, I been redeemed! The preacher warshed away all my sins and transgressions. It's the straight- and-narrow from here on out and heaven everlasting's my reward! EVERETT Delmar what the hell are you talking about? - We got bigger fish to fry - DELMAR Preacher said my sins are warshed away, including that Piggly Wiggly I knocked over in Yazoo! EVERETT I thought you said you were innocent a those charges. DELMAR Well I was lyin' - and I'm proud to say that that sin's been warshed away too! Neither God nor man's got nothin' on me now! Come on in, boys, the water's fine!
