The film's source novel "Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos" by Jorge Amado also suggested the Broadway musical "Saravà".
Charlotte Banning:
He's such a nerd!
Kay Villano:
He's not a nerd! Where did you ever come up with that word?
Charlotte Banning:
Oh, just came out of my lips when I met him! NERD! Just like that.
In the dinner scene with Kay, Charlotte, Rupert and Rev. Hollis, Charlotte begins the dinner conversation by saying that Jolly turned her into a vegetarian. She quoted Jolly as saying that he would "never eat anything that had a face." Later, when Kay, Rupert and Jolly go to a diner for lunch, Jolly orders a cheeseburger.
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