Molly Bloom's Soliloquy - Contemporary Cultural References

Contemporary Cultural References

• Molly Bloom's soliloquy was also used as the basis for a dance song by Amber, titled "Yes."
• The soliloquy is also featured in a Rodney Dangerfield movie, Back to School, wherein it is read aloud to a college English class by Dr. Diane Turner (played by Sally Kellerman).
• It was also the inspiration for the Kate Bush song "The Sensual World". Originally Bush had written the song to directly quote Ulysses, but Joyce's estate refused permission. Thus she rewrote the lyrics, but it still is very much about Molly Bloom's soliloquy. Bush's 2011 album Director's Cut includes a version of the track with the original Joyce text, entitled "Flower of the Mountain".
• Part of the soliloquy is quoted by the character Molly Greaney in the Susan Turlish play Lafferty's Wake.
• The character Ralph Spoilsport recites the end of the soliloquy as the last lines of the Firesign Theatre's album "How Can You Be In Two Places At Once (When You're Not Anywhere At All)"