"Coming Through the Rye," a song with words by the Scottish poet Robert Burns.
The Private World of Arthur Curtis.
Assuming a supernatural explanation, there are two possibilities. One: Arthur Curtis really is a business executive who briefly crossed over into another world and merged with an actor named Gerry Reagan, who was playing him in a movie. Two: Gerry Reagan's fantasy that he is Arthur Curtis became so powerful that he found a supernatural way of escaping into this fictional character's world. Rod Serling's narration, which talks of "escape," hints strongly at the latter possibility.
Actually, if Serling's ending monologue is correct, it's the former. In it, he says that it is Curtis who is escaping, implying it the fictional character of the movie who somehow crossed over, and just managed to get back to his reality. (Unless Seerling made a mistake and used the wrong name in the monolgue.)
Actually, if Serling's ending monologue is correct, it's the former. In it, he says that it is Curtis who is escaping, implying it the fictional character of the movie who somehow crossed over, and just managed to get back to his reality. (Unless Seerling made a mistake and used the wrong name in the monolgue.)
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