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How did Susy know they were dusting?


This is something I can't figure out, how did Susy know that Carlino was dusting? I can't even figure out how she knew about the blinds because it didn't seem they were making any noise. Has anybody else been able to figure this out?

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It's just a statement about her other senses being suprisingly sharp enough to hear movements that Carlino, Mike and Roat thought she wouldn't be aware of. She could hear Carlino shooshing the rag around, and the blinds made just enough noise that someone without a sharp sense of hearing wouldn't be able to pick up. Blind people are more in tune with other sense stimuli because they have to compensate for the loss of sight.

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hearings much easier than smelling. she isnt a dog...

and i doubt she'd know the smell of a dead body cuz at that point she's never seen one.

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Yeah she could sense the other people in the house, at the start she thought it was Gloria, and at the end when the other two men were in the doorway, she already knew that Mike wasn't who he said he was, and so was unlikely to let on that she knew there were other people there.

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This^

How many times do I have to tell you? You don't put a bra in a dryer. IT WARPS!

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Doesn't mean you're blind doesn't mean you can't see ANYTHING at ALL. Some blind people can very well see light, and can make out shapes and shadows. She did say in the film that she was tired of "dark brown". Surely she could "see" some things, like Roat Jr./Sr. having the same exact shoes. And her other senses become stronger too, especially hearing.

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She heard them. Next dumb question please.

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