But Heres What Really Happened..

You can always see the tiny glint in a person's eye when you give them the ability to talk about what they love, when you let them go in great detail about why this runs through their thoughts and occupies a part of their heart. As I write this I have one of those little glints in my eye.

Clue is a board game every kid has played at least once, played and probably barely understood and in all honesty I hardly remember how to play and you probably couldn't pay me to recall the last time I actually played. All I knew about the game then and now is that there was a murder and you need to solve it, thats where my knowledge some how drys out. The first time I actually played the infamous murder mystery on one of those old flimsy boards was in the same room I would be watching this movie 8 years later.

My local park district had and still is my home away from home and the amount I learned there almost equals out to the knowledge I have from this past school year, just not necessarily information found in a text book. Everything there was run by one lovely soul, Sam. Sam would be the person who taught me how to make friendship bracelets and do CPR, play kickball and have a solid handshake, totally different things that happen to be some of the most valuable knowledge I possess.

I will sit in an old worn out couch that has probably sat in that room for decades across from the same old TV I played Wii sports on the first year I attended camp there, but this time I wouldn't be playing, but rather watching. Sam had been geeking about this movie since I got there that afternoon. The other people around me would probably classify her excitement as a bit much, but by the time the CD was in I had already built up such a strong expectation that in the end would exceed itself immensely.

People ask me why I enjoy this movie so much and in all honesty I can never give them an honest answer, I usually say " Oh I just loved the board game as a kid", but as you know now I am not very skilled at the game. I could say it was just simply because I love Tim Curry ( which I do!!), but that still wouldn't be enough. I think back to the first time I watched Clue and I think about how I laughed, how I was experiencing this all in my home away from home, with someone who saw me grow up into who I am now. I may be looking too deep into it and for all we know I really could just love it for Tim Curry, but I like to think it's because of Sam, because I was somewhere I immediately connected some of the happiest days of my life to.

I have watched this movie more times then I can count on my fingers and toes, at points its my background noise to everyday activities. I will listen to Sh-boom by The Chords at full blast and pretend I'm one of the characters, walking around my room as if there is a murder around the corner or as if there is a dead body (Mr.Body to be exact) laying on my bed. I find the humor way too funny and each line way too clever for its own good, I mean "she had friends who were....socialists", that made me double into laughter the first time I heard it and in all honesty every joke still makes me giggle to myself when I hear it.

People always get so surprised when I say Clue is my favorite movie, that or they say "You mean Clueless", and I am sorry, Clueless is lovely, but it's also not quite my cup of tea. I always feel the need to explain how cool Clue and its endless endings are. Oh? You didn't know? Clue has three endings. :) When the movie came out in 1985 movie theaters were sold a reel of film that seemingly looked normal, but only later would they realize there was a possibility they had a different ending then the movie theater across town. They did this so when you went of after to go spoil the ending to your friends you would all end up with different killers, causing you all to go back and re-

watch it. A little mind game that tricked people into spending more money and into watching Madeline Kahn compare her husbands to Kleenex for a second time. I feel like that's an amazing reason to go right now and watch it, but don't worry amazon provides you with all three endings. :)

Clue is one of my favorite movies for the feeling of remembrance it gives me. I haven't been back to the park district in months and I miss it. Since then Sam has left and got another job.. at my school!! Well technically..her office is in the freshman building gym and she always happens to be walking around, smiling that same smile that invited me into my first years of summer camp, first semi real job interview and last days of school.

Clue is funny and clever, it will have you in a constant fit of laughter, every actor and actresses performance will be better then the next and no aspect of it will make you want to turn it off. I think anyone can find a bit of joy in this movie and if not " flames on the side of my head".

-lucia

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Seriously, this is one of my favorite movies in the world and I would love for you to watch it.

I will write about more of my favorites soon, but for now..go get em' tiger. ;)

p.s. Thank you for everyone reading, I have said this a million times, but it means the world to me!