" Rosa assumed that their maid Jenny had left something for him in the icebox for dinner, without offering o cook him something."Darabont""s film is a patiently-told, allegorical tale (unfolding like a long-played, sometimes painstaking, persistent chess game) of friendship, patience, hope, survival, emancipation, and ultimate redemption and salvation by the time of the film""s finale.Howard Beale got up there last night and said what every American feels, that he""s tired of all the bulls--t." Lydecker akes note of the disreputable man""s answer: "Is that a sign of guilt or innocence, McPherson?" Since Laura and he were going to be married that week, Shelby claims that he""s innocent, but Lydecker (who knows about Shelby""s ambivalent relationships and his second love for Diane Redfern, a model in Laura""s advertising agnecy) doubts the cagey assertion of Carpenter - referring to him as "a male beauty in distress.While everyone was bowed down, the Thief grabbed the magic rope and escaped pursuit by acrobatically scampering over the backs of prostrated worshippers at prayer.