"Bunnies boiling on the stove" mentioned several times here regarding Katie Britt. What is that?

[Hekate]

At least someone finally gave us the creeeeeeepy clip of a traumatized young black man and a therapist(?) clinking her teacup.

[Tommy Carcetti]

1. A reference to the movie Fatal Attraction, most likely. nt

[Sanity Claws]

2. That movie was back in late 1980s or early 1990s.

I imagine a lot of people did not get that reference.

[hlthe2b]

12. It has the same resonace as all the Bette Davis/Joan Crawford horror films* that my generation knew even though

they were decades before our time.

*Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?

https://media.vanityfair.com/photos/58b9b53bf2a983252a4f23a0/master/w_2240,c_limit/whatever-happened-to-baby-jane.jpg

[hlthe2b]

6. Yes... The insane female stalker who boiled the pet rabbit belonging to her lover's child in Fatal Attraction.

as played by Glenn Close.

This "Senator" clearly seems to have a screw or two loose (at a minimum). Her performance was certainly at least vaguely reminiscent of an insane person--serial killer creepy.

[malaise]

20. That it was

My jaw dropped

[whathehell]

14. It is, and it's a bad analogy in my opinion..

I think Katie Britt's most prominent affect was her fake "sweet and demure" nicey nice mom act. Glen Close's character in the film were nothing like that.

[hlthe2b]

18. It was the bizarre juxtaposition between "vapid, sweet, Mom" and in seconds, "OTT angry" and in seconds, "tears/fears"

It is an insane effect that many are responding to--not making a direct comparison to Glenn Close's character--only the insane, unpredictable outcome suggestive of a very unbalanced person--the worst that would be a serial killer. And the Close character certainly did end up obsessed to the point of being arguably insane.

Before you mistakenly claim I am accusing her of being "insane," I am NOT. I am saying it was all performance--and bad performance at that.

[whathehell]

21. I didn't watch her straight through..

I watched her 'response' in parts..I tuned in for the first few minutes of the phoney sweet "trad mom" act, couldn't stand it and turned her off. Later, out of curiousity, I turned it back on and she was into the voice trembling/fake crying thing, and I turned it off again.
It wasn't until the next day that I saw anything from her that seemed "angry" to me, so that may be why I didn't perceive a "quick switch"..My impression of her overall was that she was a laughably bad actor.

[limbicnuminousity]

24. Insane is too vague.

Think it's fair to say she's a delusional sociopathic cult member.

[AkFemDem]

4. Fatal Attraction (Glenn Close)

Attractive woman with crazy eyes who starts stalking her (married) lover and breaks into his apartment and boils the pet bunny.

[Hekate]

7. Oh My God

[MOMFUDSKI]

5. Michael Douglas movie about an affair he

is having but breaks it off. The jilted gal boils their pet rabbit in their home. Can’t remember the name of the movie. Any help out there?

[Hekate]

10. Oh! My! God!

[Deuxcents]

22. Fatal Attraction

[Oopsie Daisy]

8. I'm not going to be IGNORED, Dan.

[Ocelot II]

9. A reference to the movie "Fatal Attraction."

It's a movie about a guy (Michael Douglas) who has an one-night stand with a woman (Glenn Close) who turns out to be a crazy stalker. When he breaks up with her she starts terrorizing him and his family, including by killing his daughter's pet rabbit and leaving it for him to find boiling in a pot in his kitchen.

[obamanut2012]

11. The teacup/spoon clinking is Daniel Kaluuya and Catherine Keener in Get Out

An excellent movie.

The bunnies thing is, as folks told you, from Fatal Attraction.

[a kennedy]

19. Absolutely loved Get Out.......

[betsuni]

13. Saw another well-known "Fatal Attraction" reference yesterday: "I'm not going to be ignored, Dan!"

Hadn't seen that one in a while.

[BannonsLiver]

15. It still holds up today IMO

Off topic, Glenn Close has had 8 Oscar nominations and zero wins. Tied with Peter O’Toole for most nominations without a win.

[betsuni]

17. I love the movie! And "Basic Instinct." Lots of good Michael Douglas movies in the '80s.

[Hekate]

16. I couldn't bring myself to watch the original (SNL was terrific though) but it was obviously hugely triggering

…to a lot of sane people.

OMG

[NanaCat]

23. Surprised you don't know

That it's from the film, Fatal Attraction. Glenn Close, as a spurned one-night-stand of Michael Douglas, sneaks into his suburban home, and boils his son's pet bunny on the stove.

I haven't seen the movie at all, and even I know about its most famous scene: