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Revisiting Murder by Death: 1976 film showed how not to play race, sexuality for laughs
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Revisiting Murder by Death: 1976 film showed how not to play race, sexuality for laughs

In Murder By Death, the homophobia is served up by the character Sam Diamond, a parody of the fictional detective Sam Spade.

Murder by Death's problematic depictions don't detract from its fun quotient; or do they?
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Murder by Death's problematic depictions don't detract from its fun quotient; or do they?

When it comes to Murder By Death, I’m profoundly guilty of saying things like 'Sure it’s racist/homophobic, but-', which is basically a roundabout way of saying yes I enjoy this problematic thing but I tut-tut at the right places and know those are bad so it’s fine.