The article directly references the 1985 film adaptation of Clue, describing it as 'the Barbie of its time — a shameless IP money grab recontextualized into pretty insightful social satire' and noting it provided 'education on McCarthy-era Red Scare politics.' The film's unique multiple-endings theatrical release and cult classic status make for rich reading.
The Broadway musical appears prominently as a visual clue in the contest photo, with detailed discussion of its distinctive 'inside-out rainbow' poster design. The Tony Award-winning show based on a play about a teenager with a rare aging disease offers substantial content about its development, themes, and critical reception.
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Some highlights from this week’s write-up:
A short bridge that gives haircuts to tall trucks.
Awesome. You ALSO have a great weekend, Chris. If the Airstream ever makes its way to Greenville, SC, I’ll buy you a libation of your choice.
The Airstream very much needs a tuneup. Here’s a followup from our super-sleuth in Tucson:
I felt bad about missing last week’s window until I remembered that I also missed the last time we were in Bethlehem — in 2023. So clearly it isn’t me, but rather an interdiction handed down from on high against my success with regard to any place named Bethlehem. Which totally makes sense given my religious views. Phew, that makes me feel better.
Another followup comes from a sleuth on the Correct Guesser list:
When I saw the picture from last week, my first thought was that it looks a lot like Bethlehem, PA, where I studied undergraduate. I looked for a few minutes but I had a busy week and never got back to it. Not only was the picture taken from Lehigh University, it was down the street from my freshman dorm:
I have driven and walked past those houses so many times, which explains why they looked so familiar. I have guessed three buildings correctly in recent contests, and I can’t believe I missed this one.
I could have added a little history to your write-up. The garage that the gentleman took the picture from was the site of the original football stadium at Lehigh. I included a picture from Google Maps that shows some of the remnants of the old stadium:
No one mentioned anything about the Lehigh-Lafayette football rivalry, which is the “Most Played” rivalry in the US and started in 1884. (Harvard-Yale is the oldest rivalry.) They are set to meet again in two weeks.
The tradition from the Lehigh-Lafayette game was to tear down the wooden goal posts after the game, and fraternities would display the pieces of wood over their
