Rian Johnson says 'Knives Out' and 'Poker Face' share this interesting connection.
One of the most useful tool an antagonist can use in any kind of story is lying to keep their intentions hidden from the heroes. However, some characters will not let that stand, as Rian Johnson has demonstrated in his recent films and television shows.
Well, I mean, in both of them, they’re mechanisms, but they’re two completely opposite ends. Whereas with the Marta character, it was an obstruction. It was something to make her life harder. It was a character we care about, and the only way they can get out of a horrible situation is by lying, and you take away their ability to lie in front of the detective.
So, it was an obstacle, whereas, in this one, it’s the exact opposite. It’s something to take the place of them being a detective and it being their job. And it’s something that explains to the audience why she’s specifically good at doing this, to give a little bit of a bridge into why she keeps getting into it every week.
In the case of Charlie, she can always tell when someone is lying to her face, which might sound like the perfect ability for someone who is in the middle of solving a murder, but that might not be the case. Even if she can tell when someone isn't revealing the truth to her, Charlie won't be able to guess what actually happened based only on the fact that some information is missing.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT During the first Knives Out mystery, Marta was frightened to find out that the man under her care, Harlan Thrombey had suddenly passed away. When Detective Benoit Blanc wanted to get to the bottom of the case, he realized Marta suffered a condition that forced her to vomit every time she told a lie. This would come into effect during the climax of the movie, when she needed to hide the truth from the case's prime suspect, Ransom .
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