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What happened to the butler?


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Was the butler killed or drugged? As I understand there still had to be at least 2 non detectives - the butler and the cook (which was revealed as the host). So what happened to the butler?

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The host had 2 masks on - Guiness over Capote over Walker. Right?

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"the butler did it" is a mystery fiction trope/cliche.
in the case of this movie, however, the butler did not do it... the cook did it.
that's the long and short of the craziest punchline i have ever witnessed!

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My take is that Yette was really the daughter, so in killing the butler and her father, she ends up with everything, and there are absolutely no witnesses.

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