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Life after death is as improbable as sex after marriage.
— Clue ‧ 1985
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Kahn delivers it as a dead-eyed aside, the marital cynicism the script keeps for Mrs. White. It is a throwaway in a film of non-stop jokes, yet fans can recite it without the rest of the scene. People use it whenever someone hopes for a resurrection of any kind.
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In context
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In Clue (1985), the dinner guests find that Mr. Boddy's body has vanished. One of them wonders whether he was dead after all, and another says maybe there is life after death. Mrs. White, the black-clad widow of several vanished husbands, answers with this dry put-down. It comes shortly after the cook is found dead, as suspicion spreads around the mansion. Madeline Kahn plays Mrs. White in the film directed by Jonathan Lynn, which ran with three different endings.
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- Springfield! Springfield Clue scriptDialogue after the guests find the body goneReference checked
- Cluedo Wiki: Mrs. White/filmClue the Movie paragraphReference checked
- Wikipedia: Clue (film)Lead and infoboxReference checked
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