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Why did the rich baby lady send Frank away?

posted 10 years ago by qwertyKeys
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So Frank had his ghost buddies haunt the house where they made the babies fly around the room. After the mother (or maid) called Frank up to help them, she reads that Frank has been called a fraud in the newspaper. She demands him to leave, but I don't get it. Fraud or not, her babies were freaking floating, perhaps it would be worth at least talking to Frank. On top of that the ghosts were just sitting in shame instead of making more crap float around. What so the woman finds a newspaper article and that makes haunting the house impossible? I just don't get it. Some insight would be appreciated.

[–] tdl797 10 years ago

Good point.
She definitely saw them floating and he wasn't there, so either there really were ghosts or somehow he broke in earlier and rigged some optical illusion without anyone in the house knowing.
Seems like real ghosts is the only logical outcome anyone could come up with in this situation.

[–] buddyboy28 10 years ago

Simple answer is it's a supernatural comedy. If people acted the way they did in real life there would be no movie. Did you see Ghostbusters where Dana Barrett moved back into her apartment within a short time despite seeing eggs cooking on her counter and a freaking dog in her fridge with light coming out of it's mouth surrounded by flames LOL.

Only logical explanation is the whole town believes Frank is just a fake, as reported by Magda. Some people are just non-believers in everything. Ray even believes it's bulls**t when Frank is looking around his house despite having actually seen supernatural things going on. What I always got from it was the newspaper report on Frank, combined with the baby holding his card (how else would he have it) makes her think Frank has been in her house and set something up.

[–] qwertyKeys 10 years ago

That's a good explanation I suppose. Likewise in Ghostbusters people still thought they were frauds even after saving New York in the first movie.

[–] sogeki 10 years ago

Mrs Waterhouse holding a newspaper that Frank Bannister giving his namecard to Lucy Lynskey, writing frank bannister a conman. when Frank was using the magnifying glass doing the show in her house, "that's the most difficult case I've never seen"

when frank spoke to SEEN. he stopped. THAT MOMENT. the news was he with lucy and saying frank trying to fraud people in fairwater.

Mrs Waterhouse "I apologize for calling you to come, Mr. Bannister. Plz leave"

next stop, Frank drove to (or , walk to) Fairwater gazette, threw that gazette to Magda Rhy-Jones (Elizabeth Hawthrone)

~ uber-babe ~

[–] qwertyKeys 10 years ago

I do remember the news paper con man story that she flashed in his face before asking him to leave, but come'on, her babies were floating. Were there other paranormal investigators in town that were considered respectable members of society? Of course someone who has never witnessed a haunting would think Bannister was a con man. In real life I think they're all full of crap too.

[–] w1cht3l 10 years ago

if you read the same time. when frank use magnifying glass/camera around waterhouse's home. right?

he finally stopped on a news headline that says himself a fraud.

then she said she apologize for calling bannister to come. and tell him leave.

then frank bannister rushed/drove to Fairwater Gazette.

the newspaper she bought by fairwater gazette is the reason why she ask frank leave.

[–] qwertyKeys 10 years ago

He was listed as a fraud from his work getting rid of ghosts, but -- in her mind -- wouldn't having actual ghosts in the house messing with her babies trump the suspected fraud?. Did the home owner have other ghost busters on speed dial?

Sorry for repeating myself. This is an old movie and I do like viewers engaged on my topics, but every poster gives me the same summary of what I've already noted.

[–] king_of_bob 9 years ago

Because she knew he was scamming her somehow. Even if she didn't know how, she correctly assumed it was a scam.

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