Existential crises

[undyingking]

I thought this clip from a German TV show was very funny. It explains the setup right at the beginning, so no harm doing so here: a cloakroom with a mirror, except it isn't a mirror, it's plain glass with an exact mockup behind it, and a set of well-choreographed identical twins. It's the way they all plaintively say things like "Sehen Sie mich im Spiegel?"... and the woman with the glasses who eventually concludes that she must come from another planet. Good thing there's no-one else working in my office.

Ah well, it's nearly time for a coffee.

Comments

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

Fantastic! That's so cool!

[secretrebel.livejournal.com]

But why don't they think of the people with Maartechen Syndrome?

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Haha, that's very good. Reddit is clearly a good place to start memes.

I particularly like "I have partial mono-polar Maartechen Syndrome which means only half my body (left side) reflects light at the normal rate. The right side looks translucently hazy in bright sunlight and virtually invisible in low light. I've been taking a course of steroids and artificial hormones which seem to be helping, but have to rely on makeup 'not to scare the horses'."

[mrlloyd.livejournal.com]

That's fantastic, the twins did an amazingly good job with it, must have been hours of rehersal and something dashed clever (an earpiece?) to co-ordinate what they were going to say. Maria assures me it's even funnier if you speak German. (which apparently you do Mo...)

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

I did a couple of years of German at school, but it seems that's enough for lowbrow TV shows...