YMMV / Five Little Pigs

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• Funny Moments:
  • When Poirot interviews the policeman who led the investigation into Amyas's murder, the policeman spends a fair bit of time railing against the painting he was working on, a near-nude portrait of the very attractive and young Elsa Greer. Poirot notes that for all his disgust, the policeman appears to have a very clear and detailed recollection of the work in question.
  • Amyas and Angela have an argument which she caps off with a truly hilarious insult.
    Amyas and Angela had a first-class row, I know, and the rest of us rather welcomed it. It avoided other difficulties. Angela rushed off to bed with a final vituperative outburst. She said A, she'd pay him out. B, she wished he were dead. C, she hoped he'd die of leprosy, it would serve him right. D, she wished a sausage would stick to his nose, like in the fairy story, and never come off. When she'd gone we all laughed, we couldn't help it, it was such a funny mixture.
• Iron Woobie: Caroline Crale. For years she has been continually haunted by the fact that she injured Angela as a teenager, and living with this guilt has eroded her self-confidence; this is implied to be an explanation for just how much of Amyas' inconsiderate behaviour she is willing to endure without speaking up, all the while remaining a tower of strength for the sake of her sister and daughter. When her husband is murdered, she puts her grief aside in order to protect Angela (whom she thinks is the culprit), and goes uncomplainingly and bravely to prison where she eventually dies. At least she finally achieved peace and happiness in the belief that she had redeemed herself.

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