The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film
Elsa and the unexplained farmhouse detour are selected as the film’s weak links.
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- Elsa is selected because her allegiance to Szell feels insufficiently signaled.
- The novel reveals Elsa’s allegiance after her first library meeting, making her danger explicit earlier.
- The farmhouse detour is criticized as poorly motivated and unnecessary.