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A suicide telegram? Who sends a suicide telegram?

— Murray  ·  The Odd Couple

Painterly yellow envelope holding curled blank paper beside a small brass bell on cream.
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An editorial interpretation.

The repeated question focuses on the choice of a telegram for a suicide message. That attention to the method sits awkwardly beside the seriousness of its subject. The wording gives disbelief a comic shape without explaining the circumstances behind the message.

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