South Pacific - Part 12 of 13

Dites-Moi

Toward the end of the movie, Lieutenant Joe Cable and Emile de Beque go on an intelligence mission in Japanese-held territory, and Cable is killed, leaving Liat broken hearted.  Nurse Nellie realizes that what's important is not her silly prejudice against Polynesians but her love for de Beque.  This is shown by her singing the song Dites-Moi with de Beque's French Polynesian children, whom she is now taking care of.  De Beque, returning from his mission, joins the song, and (we presume) they all live happily ever after.

My version of the story is a little different.  Cable doesn't get killed.  Instead, he returns and reunites with Bloody Mary's son, Lee, and they live happily ever after.

Meanwhile Nelson still thinks that his love for de Coq is hopeless because de Coq has children, so he must be straight.  In my version of the song Dites-Moi, which is in French, like the original song, de Coq confesses to Nelson that he loves him and that he's gay, too.  Having cleared that up, they can live happily ever after.