Original artwork, not a still
Something Wicked This Way Comes · 1962
Mr. Dark nodded, pleased. "What's your name, boy?" Don't tell him! thought Will, and stopped. Why not? he wondered, why? Jim's lips hardly twitched. "Simon," he said. He smiled to show it was a lie. Mr. Dark smiled to show he knew it.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
A man asks a boy's name, and Will's instinct is to withhold it. Jim answers 'Simon' and smiles to signal it is false, while Mr. Dark smiles to signal he knows. The exchange becomes a quiet contest of deception, each side aware the other is playing.
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