Kate and Leopold: Difference between revisions

* [[Double Entendre]]: "And in the future I believe men will be judged by the size of their erections!"

* [[Double Standard]]: Kate and Stuart are equally mean to each other, but we're supposed to regard Stuart as the bad guy, and Kate as [[The Woobie]]. E.g.,:

''Kate looks like she's about to cry. Director expects audience's sympathy to be with Kate. Audience mostly wonders why Stuart ever put up with her.''. }}

* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: Leopold's knowledge of ''[[The Pirates of Penzance]]'' and ''[[La Boheme]]'' coming from the year 1876. It's especially strange with the former, seeing as they ''did'' do enough research to get the location of the premiere right - but not the date. ''Penzance'' premiered in 1879, four years too late for Leopold to know about it yet. As for ''La boheme'', that premiered in 1896 - ''twenty'' years too late.

* [[Fish Out of Temporal Water]]: Leopold.

* [[Flower Motifs]]:

'''Leopold:''' The orange lily implies extreme hatred. The begonia and lavender danger and suspicion, respectively. Every flower has a meaning, Charles. Might I suggest the amaryllis, which declares the recipient a most splendid beauty. Or the cabbage rose. }}

 

* [[Knight in Shining Armor]]:

** Imagine the look on a purse-snatcher's face when Leo rides him down on horseback.

''[bag snatcher throws down the bag and flees, onlookers applaud]'' }}

** Leopold believes that Kate requires a chaperone on her date with her boss so he offers to go with her to protect her from his obvious intentions. When she refuses he tells her boss, "Some feel that to court a woman in one's employ is nothing more than a serpentine effort to transform a lady to a whore."