Death Becomes Her/Funny

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.


  • The Now You Tell Me moment (NOW a warning?!)
  • "My ass... I can see... my ASS!"
  • "You're a fraud, Helen! You're a walking lie, and I can see right through you!", which Madeline does, literally, through the hole in Helen's abdomen. Later, Madeline throws a shovel through Helen's hole, and shouts, "YES! Oh, wait, NO!"
  • Madeline reveling in killing Helen.

Ernest: She's dead!
Madeline: (mock gasp) She is? (gleeful) Oh. These are the moments that make life worth living.

    • Then:

Ernest: Life in prison? Know what that means to a person in your condition?
Madeline: So negative. (eyes glittering) Can't you just let me enjoy the moment?

  • (Helen rises from a pool with a huge, gaping hole in her chest)

Helen: Look at me, Ernest! Just look at me! I'm SOAKING WET!