S4YA S3E6 – The Mirror – Twilight Zone

Dan Lefebvre joins the show for a Columbo connection with this week’s Peter Falk starring tale, “The Mirror”!

My guest this week is the host of the award winning podcast, Based on a True Story which focuses on the historical side of movies, comparing the accuracy of fact-to-film. A warm welcome to the show, Mr. Dan LeFebvre

To reach him:

* Web:  https://www.basedonatruestorypodcast.com

* Email: [email protected]

* Twitter: @Danlefeb

SHOW NOTES – The Mirror

Show Info

* Originally aired: October 20th, 1961

* Starring:

* Peter Falk (Ramos Clemente)

* Vladmir Sokoloff (the priest) (3 episodes)

* Antony Carbone (Cristo)

* Will Keluva (De Cruz) (2 episodes)

* Directed by: Don Medford (5 episodes)

* Teleplay by: Rod Serling

You, Me, and IMDB Synopses:

* My Synopsis: The leader of a successful rebellion discovers that the path to tyranny might start with a good hard look in the mirror

* Your Synopsis: Absolute power corrupts absolutely 

* IMDB Synopsis: A Central American revolutionary comes into the possession of a mirror that shows him his potential assassins.

Discussion:

What are your initial thoughts?

Tyranny

Focus on the tyrant

Is this an accurate assessment of dictatorships or is this a viewpoint from the outside looking in?

Focus on the people as “the spoils”

Stray Observations

Cristo taunting him

“Any resemblance to tyrants living or dead is hardly coincidental”

What do you rate the episode?

I give it 8 glasses of wine

An alternate ending?

Choose your Own Endventure

* Dan – There was nothing special about the mirror

* Brandon – The mirror has the bad side of each character

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