A small wooden cross with pale cloth draped over its arms stands on dark stones against purple.

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Felicia

Oh for goodness sakes, get down off that crucifix, someone needs the wood!

— The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert • 1994

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Felicia teases someone for being melodramatic. Telling them to get off the crucifix compares their suffering to martyrdom, and the wood punchline says someone else could put that wood to better use. It's a sharp, camp way of saying stop playing the martyr.

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