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- To deflate a comic character, it has to first be inflated, and "The Pope Must Die" makes the crucial error of denying its characters dignity - so that there's no reason for us to laugh when it's taken away from them.
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To deflate a comic character, it has to first be inflated, and The Pope Must Die makes the crucial error of denying its characters dignity - so that there's no reason for us to laugh when it's taken away from them."
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times To deflate a comic character, it has to first be inflated, and The Pope Must Die makes the crucial error of denying its characters dignity -- so that...
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Aug 30, 1991 · To deflate a comic character, it has to first be inflated, and "The Pope Must Die" makes the crucial error of denying its characters dignity - so that there's no reason for us to laugh when it's taken away from them.
Jan 1, 1991 · By Variety Staff. Say no prayers for The Pope must Die, a barbed comedy about an honest goofball who boots the mob out of the Vatican when he’s mistakenly made top banana. Scots comic Robbie...
Aug 30, 1991 · The title of Peter Richardson's good-humored new English farce, "The Pope Must Die," does not refer to the incumbent Pope, who, at the start of the film, is in the process of dying, and taking...
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Oct 14, 2005 · By now, you've probably heard the fuss about a new black comedy called The Pope Must Die! Television networks and daily newspapers have rejected the original TV and print advertising for...
Oct 3, 2019 · Perhaps unsurprisingly given the comedy’s title, The Pope Must Die presented some sizeable challenges when promoting the film in the States. To such a degree that many mainstream media outlets refused to let the film’s US distributor – Miramax – advertise it.
