It was right after the events in the movie. Hal and Rosemary had run off and eloped right after leaving her going-away party, and there were still a few hours left before they had to ship off for Carabas. Mauricio caught up with them and needled them in that way that only Jason Alexander can. The Reubenesque Rosemary was beautiful. snif
Then the dream morphed into a discussion as to whether I should replace the back fence on my house with a cinderblock wall, which lasts a lot longer than wood. So make of that what you will.
I’ve always thought they should make a sequel:
Shallow Hal 2: Saving the World in Carabas
… in which Hal’s inner-beauty-vision power mysteriously returns, and then leaves him again, and keeps coming and going completely out of his control. Half the time, he can’t tell whether he’s seeing someone for real or whether he’s seeing their inner beauty/ugliness. Hilarity ensues. Oh, and in the middle of Carabas’s economic meltdown, Hal meets the guy who’s probably going to win the upcoming election for El Presidente de Carabas, and discovers with his Inner Beauty vision that the guy is up to no good. Can he get the word out in time to stop this would-be despot from taking over the country? Will anyone believe him? And what about Scarecrow’s brain?