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The Princess Bride - Week 5
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Minute 29
Unconscious giant
Man in black scampers away
Off to next challenge
Back to Humperdinck
Recreating a duel
Messing up footprints
Goateed commander
Questions aloud which one won
Prince knows everything
Minute 30
Who should they follow?
The victor heads to Guilder
Loser means nothing
Guilder plot thickens
Prince will not be fooled by trap
Thinks all things are traps
The man in black runs
Approaches next encounter
A man and his brain
Blindfolded princess
Dagger’s edge caresses throat
Masked man slows his pace
Minute 31
There’s no arrangement
Definition of empasse
What can be done now?
Vizzini is smart
Moronic philosophers
Stand in his shadow
Ultimate battle
Vizzini’s intelligence
Versus masked man’s strength
A compromise struck
Competition to the death
The prize? Buttercup
Initial setup
Two goblets, bottle of wine
Iocane powder
Minute 32
Masked man takes goblets
Hidden from view poison poured
Let the game begin
He must choose wisely
Avoid perilous poison
Or ingest and die
Divination time
Vizzini parses knowledge
About man in black
Minute 33
Diversion tactics
Little man’s mind is reeling
Unable to choose
Considers man’s strength
Knows origin of poison
Masked man’s study skills
Poor patient princess
Listening to Vizzini
Raging monologue
Minute 34
Masked man can’t be fooled
“What in the world can that be?”
Head turns, goblets swapped
Goblets are chosen
Vizzini chuckles to self
Acts suspiciously
Both men take long drafts
The switcheroo is revealed
Vizzini explains
Vizzini’s hubris
His ultimate undoing
For both were poisoned
Minute 35
Princess regains sight
Measures mysterious man
Veiled identity
Humperdinck tracking
Ascertains giant beaten
Continues the hunt
Princess and masked man
Running along rocky top
Slow down to catch breath
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