An anonymous jointed wooden dancer extends its arms and lifts one knee, balanced on a brass central pivot above a shallow circular wooden stage inset with a brass ring on pale grey and lilac ground.

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Mr. Burns

I know I should be resisting but I'm paralyzed with rage...and island rhythms.

— The Simpsons ‧ 1989

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker says resistance is called for but feels held by both rage and island rhythms: comic emotional conflict rather than an actual medical paralysis.

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