After one incident too many, in which Charlie behaves like a doormat, his alter ego Hank emerges to get even with everyone who has mistreated Charlie, including a neighbor whose Great Dane deposits a smelly gift in Charlie's yard each morning. While on the run, Charlie forgets his medication and Hank appears, which gives Carrey the opportunity to flex his comic muscles from head to toe. As Hank, his eyebrows perform a tango and his lower half gyrates like an evil Elvis. Despite his best efforts at meanness, Hank usually gets whipped and poor Charlie is left to suffer the injuries. It's like watching Jerry Lewis and Buster Keaton duke it out while inhabiting the same body.
Duality is a theme often explored in literature and film.
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