So how does one get to meet one’s alter ego, your other self? Number 6 had
earned the right to meet Number 1, that meeting no matter how fleeting, was
with his other self. And we know how that turned out. For Jeremy Dilke it was ‘The
Man in the Mirror,’ a 1936 British comedy film, directed by Maurice Elvey and
starring Edward Everett Horton. The film concerns a withdrawn Jeremy Dilke, a meek,
mild-mannered businessman who allows everyone to use him for a doormat. One
evening Dilke is surprised when his reflection in the mirror, not only speaks
back at him, but actually steps out of the mirror and telling him he is his brusque
assertive alter ego. “I am the man you have always longed to be.” Armed with
his newfound confidence, Dilke becomes a go-getting dynamo, much to the delight
of Helen Dilke, who knew he had it
in him all along.
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