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I thought later about The Phantom Tollbooth and wondered if it was a nod to something else. It was in the scene in the tunnels under the tower where there were many doors, and each door was a nod. One of those doors was a tollbooth. Since the Phantom Tollbooth was also a portal to another dimension, I thought that was what it was referring to? It was a children’s story. AND thank you for the clarification between a parody and a spoof! I have learned a lot from you!
Shannon wrote: "I thought later about The Phantom Tollbooth and wondered if it was a nod to something else. It was in the scene in the tunnels under the tower where there were many doors, and each door was a nod. ..."
Well, I didn't realise it wasn't parody either, until I checked.
I think perhaps that idea was from Labyrinth, the David Bowie film, with all the door choices. But it has been in some TV series I loved too? Maybe the American Gods one? I might be imagining that one.
Choosing between doors seems a fairly old game and might be in a few stories. There is a tv series where he gets a special key? that turns any door into a door to this Room. And when he opens the door to leave it goes to wherever he imagines, but it has to be a real place. And his young daughter is lost in there. The Lost Room? Absolutely loved that.
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I thought later about The Phantom Tollbooth and wondered if it was a nod to something else. It was in the scene in the tunnels under the tower where there were many doors, and each door was a nod. One of those doors was a tollbooth. Since the Phantom Tollbooth was also a portal to another dimension, I thought that was what it was referring to? It was a children’s story. AND thank you for the clarification between a parody and a spoof! I have learned a lot from you!
Shannon wrote: "I thought later about The Phantom Tollbooth and wondered if it was a nod to something else. It was in the scene in the tunnels under the tower where there were many doors, and each door was a nod. ..."Well, I didn't realise it wasn't parody either, until I checked.
I think perhaps that idea was from Labyrinth, the David Bowie film, with all the door choices. But it has been in some TV series I loved too? Maybe the American Gods one? I might be imagining that one.
Choosing between doors seems a fairly old game and might be in a few stories. There is a tv series where he gets a special key? that turns any door into a door to this Room. And when he opens the door to leave it goes to wherever he imagines, but it has to be a real place. And his young daughter is lost in there. The Lost Room? Absolutely loved that.
I did throw in a lot of references and similar scenes to other stories, but The Phantom Tollbooth is not one I recall. I might have been trying for some other story parallel there? I don’t actually know that story, though I recognise the title. Which part reminded you of it?
Thank you again for this wonderful review 💕