Other mistake: When Whoopi first takes over the choir, she asks the sisters to stand according to their singing voices. She asks where the sopranos are, and several women on opposite corners of the grouping raise their hands. She asks them to all move over to the left group, but only one of the two women on the right side actually does so.
Other mistake: During the 'Rescue Me' montage, when Maggie Smith catches Whoopi Goldberg singing whilst washing the car, Whoopi reacts to her and then there's a brief moment where she looks straight at the camera.
Other mistake: When Mary Clarence enters the choir room the first time, Mary Lazarus approaches and asks only if she's a soprano or alto, when there are lower voiced baritones and bass nuns in the group.
Answer: She was never a real nun and there was no longer a reason for her to be in full disguise as one. She is still close to the other sisters, and therefore is partially clad in a nun's habit, for the concert, but she is also showing her secular side.
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