...how stupid the Critics were? They never noticed Lionheart, its not like his diguises were amazing. What really made me laugh is how in one scene mearly removed his tiny goatee beard and then the critic regonised him! haha. Anyway just found this aspect funny. Love this movie!
shareThat was surely a bit of dramatic license, which works in a black comedy. How many first-time viewers don't initially recognize Diana Rigg in her "masculine" role in the film? On the other hand, the critics hadn't seen Lionheart in the flesh for nearly a year when the murders begin. Many of them presumably paid little attention to his stage performances, and at least a few of them were clearly too full of themselves to notice the actor's skill anyway!
shareSpeaking of Diana Rigg, her scene in go-go boots ruined the revelation that she had been working with her father the entire time, if not the part of her mustached disguise...
shareActually I thought the she was indeed a man as she looked just like my teacher at the time, Mr. Cavalo. But to be honest I also bought her in the blond wig and go-go boots as a different person. I my defence I was only 13 at the time.
shareWell the 1st critics to die didn't know he was still alive and as one of the other posters mentioned they probably paid more attention to his name than his face when they reviewed him (if even that much). Also it wasn't til late in the movie that the police even begin to believe that Lionheart is still alive and responsible for the killings so they might not have told the critics who they believed was repsonsible. Instead they trusted in their own ability to protect the critics. A confidence that was misplaced.
shareHaha, yeah, I too enjoyed the movie immensely despite it asking the suspension of our disbelief that these critics wouldn't recognize his voice right off the bat. If nothing else, if they had attended so many of his plays I'd think Lionheart's aka Price's voice would be quite clearly stamped in their minds. But that concept I think just made the movie even funnier and more enjoyable.
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Imho the whole point of the critics being unable to recognize him was an irony. The irony of the fact that the critics couldnt see the acting whom they believed was a bad actor in the first place.
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A live performance is very different from watching a movie. You really can't see the faces that well, and the makeup is made to be noticed more, exaggerating features, and disguising some, so its quite believable that a person would not recognize an actor out of makeup and up close, especially if they had good reason to think that actor was already dead. AS to his voice, again, the voice is made for the character, and if you think the actor is dead, it could be that even a well-known voice would go unrecognized.
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