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== [[Real Life]] ==
== [[Real Life]] ==
* At [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzie_Borden Lizzie Borden]'s double-murder trial, one of the pieces of evidence against her was the maid testifying that, during the interval between Lizzie's stepmother being killed and Lizzie's father coming home and being killed, she had heard Lizzie laughing at the top of a staircase. It should be noted that a person standing at the top of the staircase would have been able to see into the second floor room and look at the step-mother's body.
* At [[wikipedia:Lizzie Borden|Lizzie Borden]]'s double-murder trial, one of the pieces of evidence against her was the maid testifying that, during the interval between Lizzie's stepmother being killed and Lizzie's father coming home and being killed, she had heard Lizzie laughing at the top of a staircase. It should be noted that a person standing at the top of the staircase would have been able to see into the second floor room and look at the step-mother's body.
* Tennessee Williams, no tower of strength when it came to [[Adaptation Decay]] (In a toss-up, Elia Kazan chose lightning-charged energy over subtlety every time), got his revenge when the film of ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' came out. While the rest of the audience would be barking like seals at Blanche Dubois being committed, Williams was wooping it up in the back row. "Now she's off to the bughouse!"
* Tennessee Williams, no tower of strength when it came to [[Adaptation Decay]] (In a toss-up, Elia Kazan chose lightning-charged energy over subtlety every time), got his revenge when the film of ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' came out. While the rest of the audience would be barking like seals at Blanche Dubois being committed, Williams was wooping it up in the back row. "Now she's off to the bughouse!"