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Prestoff posted...

It was obvious symbolism of her being on the top with all the money, a position the whole family wanted to be.

Yeah it's the reversal of positions. Everyone looked down on her in their own way throughout the movie and this is her opportunity to return the favor.

But it's a moment, nothing more. Since the film ends there, we don't get to see what follows from that. Does Marta lose her kindness now that her family is rich? How far do the Thrombeys fight her to get it back?

Ultimately, it doesn't matter. At that point, the film said what needed to be said.

saspa posted...

I like how at the end Jamie lee curtis was looking up at her defiantly while smoking her cigarette, sort of like she's saying "I'm not gonna beg you for what is my birthright" like the rest of the family of sycophants would be doing.

Linda was going through a lot at that moment. Yes there's defiance, but she'd also just learned that her husband was cheating on her, so there's her coming down from that. Furthermore, she also came to the realization that she'd "lost the game" as it were. Her first thing when talking about her father was knowing that "you had to find a game to play" with him, and in that, she believed she was the best at it, was his absolute favorite, and the one to inherit the most.

I wonder if she even had a small amount of respect for Marta for having figured out Harlan better than she could.