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Alternate Takes: Polite Taxi Driver

That Mitchell and Webb Look 2009 Season 3 Episode 2

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The setup

An alternate Taxi Driver gives Travis Bickle’s mirror routine a surprisingly considerate tone.

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The premise

Here’s the bit.

In a cramped room, an armed Travis Bickle rehearses his confrontation with a mirror. His threatening stance gives way to an apologetic check that the other person really meant to address him, turning the familiar movie moment into a brief display of excessive courtesy.

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