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This is an excerpt from the script for The Labyrinth. Quote:
Sarah: What am I supposed to do? Red Guard (Bottom Head): Well, the only way out of here is to try one of these doors. Blue Guard (Bottom Head): One of them leads to the castle, at the centre of the Labyrinth, and the other one leads to— Blue Guard (Top Head): Ba ba ba bum! Blue Guard (Bottom Head): Certain death! All: Ooh! Ooh! Sarah: Which one is which? Red Guard (Bottom Head): We can't tell you. Sarah: Why not? Red Guard (Bottom Head): Uh... I, uh... We don't know. Blue Guard (Bottom Head): But they do. [Both Bottom Heads look up to Top Heads] Sarah: Oh. Then I'll ask them. Red Guard (Top Head): Ah, no. You can’t ask us. You can only ask one of us. Blue Guard (Top Head): It's in the rules. And I should warn you that one of us always tells the truth, and one of us always lies. That’s a rule too. He always lies. Red Guard (Top Head): I do not! I tell the truth! Blue Guard (Top Head): Oh, what a lie! All: Ha ha ha! Red Guard (Top Head): He's the liar! Sarah: [To the Top Head of the Red Guard] All right. Answer yes or no. Would he tell me that this door leads to the castle? Red Guard (Top Head): Uh... [Confers privately, at length, with Bottom Head behind shield] Red Guard (Top Head):: Yes. Sarah Then the other door leads to the castle, and this door leads to certain death. All: Ooooh. Red Guard (Top Head): How do you know? He could be telling the truth. Sarah: But then you wouldn't be, so if you told me that he said yes, I know the answer is no. Red Guard (Top Head): But I could be telling the truth. Sarah: But he would be lying. So if you told me that he said yes, I know the answer would still be no. Red Guard (Top Head): What a minute. [To Blue Guard (Top Head)] Is that right? Blue Guard (Top Head): I don't know. I've never understood it. All: Ha ha ha ha ha! Sarah: No, it's right. I've figured it out. I could never do it before. I think I'm getting smarter. This is a piece of cake.
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Sarah opens the door behind the Blue Guard and enters. She looks over her shoulder, smiling. A trap door opens. Sarah falls down into the pit of Helping Hands. But her formulation seems correct. What went wrong?
Discuss.
Last edited by 251413913519; 12/22/06 09:37 AM.
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