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What are the women chanting? Saroman?


What are the older women chanting in this film? _____ Saroman and what does it mean?

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I think Luther tells someone during the film that their chant has something to do with one of the cards in a Tarot deck.

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"Taro, caro, Salamon!"

That's what the subtitles read, but I've done a google search and the only thing it brings up is a copy of the film script, so it's anybody's guess what the phrase means.

"If you don't know the answer -change the question."

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where did you find the script?! ive been looking all over for it! if you find it again can you email it to me?

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Just do a google search of the phrase "taro caro salomon" and it will pop right up.

"If you don't know the answer -change the question."

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If you can't find the script of a movie, a second best option is the subtitle file. You can download them in many places and open them with a text editor (like BBEdit).


"...nothing is left of me, each time I see her..." - Catullus

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The subtitles list them as saying:

"Taro.! Caro.! Salamond.!"

But, who knows if the subtitler got it right. I've looked for the script, but I've only been able to find a subtitle file, which gives you all the dialog, but it's not a script.


"...nothing is left of me, each time I see her..." - Catullus

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Taro mean Tarot

Caro means Card

Salamond means Solomon

I am only guessing.

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For all you know, it wasn't Caro, it was Karo - as in corn syrup. Perhaps they made candies while doing Tarot card readings.... ;-)

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You must have food on your mind. Caro or Karo could very stand for Tarot Cards.

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Lol! By the way, "Karo" is pronounced "kay-ro".



Yippee: "For king!"
Yappee: "For country!"
Yahooie: "And, most of all, for 10¢ an hour!"

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By the look of those ladies I imagine most of them have food on the brain too.

Never heard of aerobics back then.

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