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Tracy

I'm going crazy. I'm standing here solidly on my own two hands and going crazy.

— The Philadelphia Story ‧ 1940

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker repeats that they are going crazy while describing standing on their own two hands. The incongruous wording expresses distress without establishing a medical diagnosis or proving a literal handstand.

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