What makes ventriloquist dummiesso incredibly creepy?
In the late 70s, Hopkins was a British actor in Hollywood trying to find his footing.
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Hopkins plays Corky Withers,a Los Angeles-based stand-up comedianwhose career is heading in the wrong direction.
Desperate, Corky changes his act and becomes a ventriloquist, reinventing himself with his smooth-talking dummy, Fats.
Once back home, Corky encounters the lovely Peggy Ann Snow, a girl he knew from high school.
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“It knows what scares you.”
Corky’s psychopathy presents much differently than Lecter’s.
Hopkins has always delivered his lines articulately.
Each word he utters has a specific purpose.
To be clear, Corky Withers couldn’t be more different than Hannibal Lecter.
A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart.
