Here's the part I was talking about:
DWARF and EUNUCHS:
Have no fear! Have no fear!
Zigzag the Grand Vizier is here!
INT. THE COBBLER'S SHOP
The Thief and the sleeping Cobbler are now so stitched
together that it appears that four hands are doing the work.
The offscreen procession is outside.
Tack hammers the Thief's head. The Thief can't stand it and
grabs the cobbler's nose. Tack is shocked awake and jumps up - tied
face to face with the Thief.
The Thief tries to escape and they roll entwined down the
stairs, crashing into the street with chickens, dogs, cats, spools and
tacks flying everywhere, and land in a heap at Zigzag's feet.
The commotion makes the carpet late and Zigzag steps onto
an upright tack.
ZIGZAG
Vincent Price)Yeeeeoooowwww!
The Cobbler is bewildered. The Thief hides behind him,
unstitching himself, trying to act as a shadow.
ZIGZAG
pointing to Tack)Seize him! Take him! Seize him! Take him!
The four courtiers echo their master.
GOPHER, GOBLET, SLAP and TICKLE:
Seize him! Take him! Seize him! Take him!
The Cobbler makes a run for it, dragging the Thief. GUARDS
appear and encircle the Cobbler's throat with spears. They trample all
over the Thief - who escapes into the crowd.
Tack shakes with fear, then zips down and with lightning
speed and shoemaker's dexterity he runs around at ground level,
attacking their toes with hammers - as if playing a xylophone. The
Guards HOWL.
Tack breaks free only to have a second wave of Guards rush
at him with spears. He reaches into his 'knapsack' pants and throws
handfuls of reels and spools beneath their feet and they tumble.
A third wave of Guards comes at him, spears outstretched.
Again Tack drops low and darts in and out stitching their pantlegs
together. He tugs and they collapse. He looks to escape but FOUR
HUGE EUNUCHS glide up behind him. SWISH! A scimitar crosses
his throat. SWISH! Another behind his neck. SWISH! Another.
SWISH! And another. They tighten round his throat.
ZIGZAG:
Take him into the palace!
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It would actually justify why Zig-Zag is eager for him to be beheaded... but it's not necessary because not having that scene reinforces that Zig-Zag is a rotten bastard.
I'm finally reading through the script and some parts are very Calvert-ish. Like a sign with Tack's name on it while Sir Almyer is mentioning his name... the film has repetition, but not redundancy. The dragon scene does seem neat and it would have been a good idea to keep it since it would allow another cutaway from the thief in the war machine. Although, maybe it would be too obvious.