Zorro the gay

But it’s just not successful, and I think the reason is that Hamilton never for a second plays Zorro as if he were really playing Zorro. They were funny as long as they played it straight. The guards think Paco is a beaver. Hamilton rocks a black cape in both of these spoofs.

World-Famous Short Summary – Leave the black outfit for Johnny Cash

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Too bad. In a January 1, 1981, review he said in part:

This movie is, of course, intended as a comedy, and it has some funny moments. But when a movie sets out a create a funny Zorro, that’s bringing coals to Newcastle. They get all kissy-faced, and she calls him Diego. Bunny has changed the color of the Zorro outfit to plum and added tassels to the hat.

They do a funny bit as the dons are introduced. Esteban is taken with Margarita and begins calling her Wiggy as they dance.

Diego talks to Florinda even though she is surrounded by four guards. Esteban is convinced by Diego’s acting as he hides the pain.

While Diego heals, Esteban carries out reprisals on the people. I even remember that he was once played by Clayton Moore, who got to keep wearing his Lone Ranger mask.

But it’s just not successful, and I think the reason is that Hamilton never for a second plays Zorro as if he were really playing Zorro. He gives Diego the necklace to deliver to Charlotte.

Charlotte is still trying to spark a revolution when Diego arrives in the Zooro outfit. A funnier comedy might have been made out of a more genuinely satirical examination of the Zorro character.

Were we laughing at him, or with him?

I ask because I am just as confused after seeing “Zorro, the Gay Blade,” which stars George Hamilton in a dual role as Don Diego Vega and his twin brother, Bunny. I like to think she was referring to “Aerosmith” and “Boston.”

Conclusion – Zorro: The Gay Blade (1981)

This movie is a riot.

Paco takes the information back to Diego.

Esteban stages an execution of Charlotte to draw Zorro into a trap. Garcia’s five brothers arrive to join in the sword fight.

While still handling the sword fight, Don Diego calls for his mute servant Paco (Donovan Scott). She says she thought there were two of them, but she knew from the beginning.

A child warns that soldiers are coming, and Zorro flees.

Esteban arrested him and can’t believe he is Zorro.

He escapes by jumping off a high wall but injures his ankle during the landing. He goes a little beyond the Zorro Mark.