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Question about 'The Amazing Landis'' ventriliquist act?


William Landis mentions something about women, mirrors, make up and hairstyles and then he says something about the reflection in the man's eyes that love her. Does anyone have the exact quotes for this part? Thanks.

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The great Landis act (Spoilers)

How many times have you looked in the mirror and asked yourself who am I going to be today? What face will I show the world? It is said that god created man in his own image

I looked in the mirror this morning, this what I saw (Landis holds up the faceless dummy)

there are other mirrors besides the one above your bathroom sink aren't there?
The woman sitting out there knows the truest one, the mirror that most reflects the person she wants to be despite all the makeup she uses and all the hairstyles and clothes is in the the eyes of the man who loves her

and maybe for the college boys the truest mirror is the toilet bowl staring back at them the morning after a toga party

I don't know. We live our lives in a land of mirrors don't we?

Everyone we meet, everything we see and feel from the ceiling above our heads to the eyes averted on the street to the close sweaty smell of rooms like this

they tell us who we are, without them you become like me! I'm not a reflection of anything. I'm not an illusion. I am the truth. I'm invisible. you people are the real illusionists. you people are the real illusionists!

Below is a picture of Landis and his dummy.

http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/horrorscene/photos/view/1743?b=3

Somone pointed it out to me that his obsession with illusions might have been the clue to why he killed the children, to break the illusion that harm can come to your children even in a nice house where the family has money and a responsible babysitter.

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