The shot with the nuns rising from the water in the Spanish Inquisition segment is obviously a reverse shot of the girls lowering into the water, but not much care seemed to go into disguising that fact: the sparks fly back to the sparklers on their heads, and so does the smoke that comes from them. [This is a deliberate directorial decision. The scene is a parody of the water ballet scenes done in the golden age of Hollywood, where such primitive special effects techniques were often used. This does not qualify as a mistake.]
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The shot with the nuns rising from the water in the Spanish Inquisition segment is obviously a reverse shot of the girls lowering into the water, but not much care seemed to go into disguising that fact: the sparks fly back to the sparklers on their heads, and so does the smoke that comes from them. [This is a deliberate directorial decision. The scene is a parody of the water ballet scenes done in the golden age of Hollywood, where such primitive special effects techniques were often used. This does not qualify as a mistake.]
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