This is another perfect example of how the Twilight Zone as an entity can be used in the best way. The distortion between fantasy and reality for the protagonist involved, and the way it is played out, gives the viewer a choice as to believing what they choose – that our protagonist is losing his sanity in the tough situation he finds himself in for his ‘reality’, or he has moved into that other dimension of The Twilight Zone, which turns his world upside down.
It is cleverly written and acted. Arthur Curtis is planning to take a trip with his wife while in his office, when suddenly a man shouts out “cut!” and he finds himself on a sound stage. He is not in his office at all, he is in fact filming a show as the character Arthur Curtis, and his life as Gerald Raigan is completely different from what he imagines it is. Now he has to work out if he has lost his mind, or if not, he has to work out how to escape this version of reality and return to his own.
As with most of Richard Matheson’s work, this ties up nicely at the end, following all of the expected paths that could be foreseen in this scenario, and allows the two realities to converge for both sides to have their conclusion.
Rating: Life’s a stage and we’re all in the cast. 4/5
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