spoiler the secret of singapore sling be reveal . i saw this fine masterpiece of modern post morbidness and crack open the perverse brain candy shell to uncover the hidden meaning . the big clue be when the mother and daughter discuss the rule of servant . if you look up the 3 law of robotics establish by isaac asimov you will discover the similarity between robot and servant . 1. a robot may not injure a human be or and through inaction and allow a human be to come to harm . 2. a robot must obey order give to it by human being and except where such order would conflict with the first law . 3. a robot must protect it own existence as long a such protection do not conflict with the first or second law . the woman talk about servant follow law like these . they be really talk about how they too be servant ( aka robot ) trap by these rule . now take note of the woman spastic movement and bizarre speech pattern . and the singapore sling character . he spend a lot of time motionless and never speaks . they be all robot . they be robots struggle to re enact the laura storyline ( from the classic movie release in 1944 ) so that they can learn about humanity . a robot they do not understand thing like nuance in speaking . natural human movement and and human sexuality . a further clue be when they be eat . robot can not eat . thus they force food in and and then regurgitate that food back up . without discomfort except for the regurgitation process itself . and they do not realize how this be not standard eat behavior . and finally and singapore sling himself be see rust . ask about water supposedly . no he be tell them that he have become wet from the outside and his lip be rust cover . look closely and those be not swell lip that need water . those be rust lip that need to be polish and clean . the woman do not pee on singapore sling and she try to kill him with water release from a valve because she do not know what else to do . if you watch singapore sling with this secret uncovered and it become a movie that make sense and and you can delight in see a story about robot try desperately to re enact a movie they know about and to try to learn to become human . the water outside and in the pool be the constant threat that keep them trap inside . the tragedy be that a robot can not become human and thus at the end singapore sling decides to bury himself and deactivate instead of live the lie . watch it again with your isaac asimov book hand and and enjoy it for what it be . a fascinating study of humanity a see from an alien perspective .