A woman who may be a lawyer, a judge, and a man on the witness stand are in a courtroom. The witness is a magician and wearing the full magician costume. The judge is looking at him and angrily saying something.
People don't show up to court wearing their work uniforms.
Why is the magician dressed up like that for court? What is the judge yelling at the magician?
When was the last time you saw either half of her?
scene: a courtroom description: A woman who may be a lawyer, a judge, and a man on the witness stand are in a courtroom. The witness is a magician and wearing the full magician costume. The judge is looking at him and angrily saying something. uncanny: People don't show up to court wearing their work uniforms. entities: Judge, Black_tie. caption: When was the last time you saw either half of her?
A common illusion that magicians perform is sawing a person in half on stage. Here, the person they sawed in half is missing --- and so the judge is suspicious that the magician had something to do with her disappearance, and asks if he has seen either half of her. It's unusual to think someone could have disappeared after being sawed in half. There's an additional play on the word "saw" which refers to both seeing and also literally sawing, as in the illusion.