As the first-set tie breaker unfolded, a swirling wind created a dust storm on the court, leaving Kuerten blindly poking at a backhand volley that crashed into the net.
And so, like the movie's characters, we are left to blunder blindly down the rabbit hole, labouring to tell the ceiling from the floor and wondering desperately, in the words of one protagonist, "just whose subconscious we're in now, exactly".
Chemical Zone features some of the fastest play in Sonic 2, but it also requires careful positioning and what feels like backtracking (you're actually zigzagging around the stage), and blindly rushing left to right as you did before will always get you killed.
The gags remain scattershot, the camera never seems to be in right place or, rather, seems to be no place, and he lets McCarthy slip out of character and leave behind the blindly reckless person who drives the plot.
In Baghdad, the inspection teams have noted that Bush administration officials have said again in recent days that no intelligence will be passed to them that compromises American intelligence sources and technical means, which inspectors said could leave them hunting blindly for evidence.
That mirage labeled "telecom recovery" keeps receding into the distance, leaving investors stumbling blindly toward an uncertain future.
And in scenarios like the plane I'm typing this from, you're a lot less likely to accidentally knock it out with your leg, leaving you fumbling blindly to plug it back in.
This way you know exactly the situation before rushing in blindly leaving you vulnerable.
This silence around stillbirth, this fear of causing fear, leaves families blindly groping as they make the hardest decisions of their lives.
