What is the second prostitute saying in Vietnamese in Full Metal Jacket?

What is the second prostitute saying in Vietnamese in Full Metal Jacket? - Closeup of red metal bottle cap placed on glass bottle with water droplets on white background

Is the prostitute in Full Metal Jacket talking in Vietnamese because I can't catch what she is saying? It sounds like random mumbling and not Vietnamese. I was raised in a Vietnamese family, but can't understand what she is saying...

I tried looking for some information on the Internet, but I couldn't find anything on that. Is it really possible that Kubrick didn't check if the actors are speaking Vietnamese?

Here is the link to the scene:

Edit: I don't think she was not Vietnamese because the guy is talking to her in Vietnamese and it's easily understandable. So, it wouldn't make sense if she was replying to him in a foreign language.



Best Answer

The actress is speaking Vietnamese but is obviously reciting the script and not a native speaker (the pimp is). She is not able to make most of the intonations sufficiently clear along with an off tempo. Thus you cannot easily understand what she's saying. It doesn't sound Viet at all upon first listening.

After a couple of tries with the context considered, and in relation to how she answers the pimp, I can hear what she is saying, albeit totally butchered. The first sentence is most difficult as it is the longest for her (skipping the conversation with the GI):

Put: Không chi?u My? ?en ?âu ([I] Don't want the Black American)
Pimp: Sao không chi?u? (Why not?)
Put: No? b?? qua? (He's too big)
Pimp: Thôi chi?u ?a?i ?i, co? gi? ?âu a?? (Just go ahead. It won't matter)
Put: De?p ?i (Forget about it [literal = put away)
[Pimp & GI line]
Put: OK, OK, em chi?u (OK, I agree [accept])

Now that you have the script, I bet you can hear what she's saying. Enjoy! This was fun.




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Who is the second prostitute in Full Metal Jacket?

Papillon Soo was born in 1961 in England. She is an actress, known for Full Metal Jacket (1987), A ...

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Me love you long time,\u201d the words were originally spoken by actress Papillon Soo Soo, who portrays a Vietnamese sex worker soliciting American GIs in the 1987 Stanley Kubrick film, Full Metal Jacket.

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