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So Dollarhyde was impotent with the opposite sex


But was able to have intercourse with his male victims but he wasn't homosexual? Also was he even able to perform with Reba? She didn't seem bothered by it if he didn't.

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That was made up by Graham and reported by Lounds to try to bait the Tooth Fairy. The whole scene in the Tattler office.

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Ah OK, so he was indeed able to perform with Reba then, the sad look on his face while he lay in bed with her made me think he wasn't able to.

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Yes, and the scene where Dollarhyde captures Lounds further explains the 'lies' about the baiting. And this is the point (in bed with Reba) where Dollarhyde begins struggling with who he is. Until he imagines Reba with her co-worker and declares "Francis is gone"

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This scene between Dollarhyde and Reba in bed is just magic and one of the finest scenes of this very good film, maybe Dollarhyde is crying because he realized that his relationship with Reba is doomed, because of his insanity...he has just found what he wanted the most in the world: being accepted by someone, and maybe he realizes when he gets this that he wasted his life killing people, instead being happy with a woman...such a tragic, touching character.

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