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And back to "Casablanca" for a moment as I noticed something in my recent viewing (probably about the 800th one) that stood out.
In the final scene, when Rick is about to send Laszlo off with Ilsa, he forcefully tells Laszlo that Ilsa came to him the night before and, in her attempt to get the letters of transit, she tried to convince him that she was still in love with him. And Rick informs Laszlo "I let her pretend" (or something close to that). Rick, with intensity, also tells Laszlo that he might want to know this.
What!? Basically, Rick - just as Laszlo is about to get on the "last plane out of Dodge" with his wife - effectively fires out an, "oh, by the way, I slept with your wife last night - hey, hope you two have a good life together."
Laszlo, either as clueless as a man could ever be or unconcerned that his wife basically whored herself out for the letters of transit replies with an "I understand" and even gives a pumped up "welcome back to the fight" kudos to Rick.
What the heck!? "Hey I banged your wife" / "I understand, we needed those letters of transit - thanks buddy."
Talk about wanting to get out of Casablanca!
In the final scene, when Rick is about to send Laszlo off with Ilsa, he forcefully tells Laszlo that Ilsa came to him the night before and, in her attempt to get the letters of transit, she tried to convince him that she was still in love with him. And Rick informs Laszlo "I let her pretend" (or something close to that). Rick, with intensity, also tells Laszlo that he might want to know this.
What!? Basically, Rick - just as Laszlo is about to get on the "last plane out of Dodge" with his wife - effectively fires out an, "oh, by the way, I slept with your wife last night - hey, hope you two have a good life together."
Laszlo, either as clueless as a man could ever be or unconcerned that his wife basically whored herself out for the letters of transit replies with an "I understand" and even gives a pumped up "welcome back to the fight" kudos to Rick.
What the heck!? "Hey I banged your wife" / "I understand, we needed those letters of transit - thanks buddy."
Talk about wanting to get out of Casablanca!
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