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Re: [Phys-l] "Ask Marilyn"



Never heard of Parade or Marilyn (unless as in 'goodbye Norma Jean'), but

If a person on television held up a mirror facing a camera, could someone at home see his reflection in it? -Colorado Springs, Colo.

This one hit home. It always irritates me when someone who is meant to be looking at themselves in a mirror (very common in US 70's cop shows, I seem to recall, think MacMIllan and Wife type of things, e.g. a woman sitting at her dressing table brushing her hair...) is actually staring at the reflection of the camera lens so we can see what she is meant to see but cannot be seeing - it seems to insult the intelligence of the audience...but then again, I guess by this question, maybe not.

Keith


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