Watching Baby Dance in a Mirror

This post follows up a post titled Reflection and Projection: The Symbolism of the Mirrors, which was written by a reader named Nirmala. To her article, I add the following observations of my own.

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A couple of deleted scenes show Baby Houseman looking at herself in mirrors.

3:11 - 4:16 = Baby and Johnny practice dancing in front of a mirror

5:12 - 6:01 = Baby and Lisa primp in front of mirrors in their bedroom

By the way, I think that the same song is playing in both those scenes.

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Two scenes show Baby and Johnny dancing in a mirror.

1) That deleted scene (in the above video at 3:11 - 4:16)

2) The first part of the "Wipeout" scenes (in the below video at 0:02 to 0:17)

When the movie audience sees Baby and Johnny dancing in a mirror, there is a subconscious effect where some audience members might imagine themselves being in the scene. This effect works for both sexes.

A woman in the audience looks in a mirror, sees Baby, and imagines herself to be Baby dancing with Johnny in the scene.

A man in the audience looks in a mirror, sees Johnny, and imagines himself to be Johnny dancing with Baby in the scene.

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