michad this reminds me a bit of Luna Park, as a young child that maze of mirrors would get me lost and all the different reflections of one minute being fat, next skinny, and then presto, a body full of curves, the only thing missing there was the smoke
Fast forward - of those who entered this maze some exited unscathed, but I believe a multitude were caught up in the many and varied reflections and believed them to be true