Characters
Don’t mind her. She’s just upset that someone dropped a house on her sister.
— Otho • Beetlejuice
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker waves off a woman's sour mood with breezy gallows humour, explaining it away as upset over a house landing on her sister. The remark treats a shocking loss as a casual excuse, so the comedy comes from the cheerful dismissal of her obvious anger.
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