Picking Nits
Hotel access; William’s relationships and finances; expensive homes; underwear at the door; Anna’s communication
In the discussion (7)
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- London hotel security is considered implausibly weak.
- William reaches junkets, guesses Anna’s Disney-character hotel alias and obtains access too easily; the Blockbuster-card joke does not solve the security concern.
- His pink shirt plausibly helps the crowded final press conference notice him; the classic Oxford-shirt wardrobe suits the character.
- Multiple women leaving William is difficult to believe, though emotional distance, hesitation and judging prospective dates offer explanations.
- His large Notting Hill house, lodger and money-losing travel bookstore make his finances implausible; his friends’ lovely homes also outstrip their insecure employment.
- Answering the daytime door in underwear seems inconsistent with William’s buttoned-up character.
- Anna’s prolonged lack of contact and her publicist’s continued employment after repeated failures are questioned, though the dialogue suggests she warned the publicist she would be unavailable.