CW: Mention of Queerbaiting Under The Picture
Clue (1985)
Okay, yes, I can see some of you already clutching pearls that I went 30 years without ever having seen this movie. I’m just going to put up a mental sign that says “I grew up weird and not totally on this continent” and just leave it at that, alright?
Anyways, Tim Curry is the best. This is known. This role was perfect for him and it was hysterical watching him run around like a mad thing and dragging everyone with him.
I spent most of the film believing Leslie Ann Warren was Susan Sarandon. I apparently cannot tell them apart in this specific role.
It was sort of amusing to watch them all devolve into complete bonkers. I have now also seen the scene where one of my favorite gifs of all times comes from. Mrs. White FTW. It was entertaining for a movie based around a popular board game.
Though I do feel some kind of way about the gay man being “gifted” the lead pipe and then later on, when it’s revealed it’s actually queerbaiting and he’s a secret straight plant – I know, I know, the movie is 37 and stigma and society and blackmail and all that.
It’s believable and that’s the problem. That thing happened. It happened probably more often than we will ever know. To see it here in a movie that’s a comic mystery movie…I just wish they’d chosen something, anything else for that character’s background. It left a decidedly sour taste in my mouth.
Glad I watched it, I get why people love it, but I’m not likely to rewatch it.