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Thanksgiving movies are full of classic \u2018home for the holidays\u2019 storylines revolving around bickering relatives, who somehow reconcile dated societal expectations with individual differences, because at the end of the day they are still a family\u2014<\/span>House of Yes<\/span><\/i><\/a> (1997) is not one of these movies. While the film starts out with the formulaic premise of the favourite son of a society family bringing his donut shop fianc\u00e9 home for Thanksgiving dinner, it quickly diverges into an absurd black comedy when his twin sister, “Jackie-O”(Parker Posey) appears at the window of their grand Whitehouse-style East Coast mansion in her holiday attire: coiffed bob, layered pearls and backless black cocktail dress.<\/span><\/p>\n

Posey\u2019s character wasn\u2019t born with the same name as America\u2019s most famous first lady. Everyone has called her Jackie-O since a childhood \u2018Ides of March\u2019 party, which she attended in a brain-splattered (created using macaroni and ketchup) version of the iconic pink Chanel suit Kennedy wore when her husband was assassinated\u2014another day that proves to be pivotal for the family\u2019s development. If there was any doubt about whom Posey\u2019s Jackie-O sees as her personal John F., that is put to rest when she receives the news of her twin brother, Marty\u2019s (Josh Hamilton) engagement. She lets out a shriek of horror that she tries to disguise as excitement to feign civility.<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"images","gallery":[{"ID":81765,"id":81765,"title":"houseofyes1","filename":"houseofyes1.jpg","filesize":79469,"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/houseofyes1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/house-of-yes-thanksgiving-comedy\/houseofyes1\/","alt":"","author":"1","description":"","caption":"","name":"houseofyes1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":81760,"date":"2019-11-27 15:25:43","modified":"2019-11-27 15:25:43","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":768,"height":459,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/houseofyes1.jpg","thumbnail-width":128,"thumbnail-height":77,"medium":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/houseofyes1.jpg","medium-width":768,"medium-height":459,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/houseofyes1.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":459,"large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/houseofyes1.jpg","large-width":768,"large-height":459,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/houseofyes1.jpg","1536x1536-width":768,"1536x1536-height":459,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/houseofyes1.jpg","2048x2048-width":768,"2048x2048-height":459,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/houseofyes1.jpg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":18,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"wpvr_mobile":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/houseofyes1.jpg","wpvr_mobile-width":768,"wpvr_mobile-height":459}}],"settings":{"fit_width":"6","caption":"House of Yes (1997) Miramax"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"

While incest, insanity and murder are not classic tropes of holiday comedies, it is the nonsensical upper-class insistence on broaching these subjects with unimpeachable manners that creates some of the film\u2019s best moments. For instance, when the younger brother (Freddie Prinze Jr.) finds out about his siblings\u2019 grossly inappropriate relationship, he tells them that he feels \u201cmajorly left out,\u201d and asks Jackie-O if the shame drove her crazy, to which she replies, \u201cDon\u2019t be so bourgeois.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The film also plays off the stereotype that parents don\u2019t think that anyone is good enough for their sons and daughters\u2014a line of logic that concludes with children dying alone or ending up with each other. Instead of intervening in her offspring\u2019s love affair, the waspy velvet scrunchie-wearing mother (played by <\/span>Genevi\u00e8ve Bujold<\/span><\/a>) seems to be in full support of Jackie-O, absolving herself of any responsibility by telling his fianc\u00e9 (Tori Spelling) \u201cYou raise cattle, children just happen\u201d as she offers to send her off with a filled croissant in a cab back to New York after blackmailing her. Spelling plays the part so poorly (winning a<\/span> Razzie<\/span><\/a> for the performance) that\u2014against your better judgement\u2014 you kind of side with the incestuous twins over her.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Although <\/span>House of Yes<\/span><\/i> is a Thanksgiving movie, don\u2019t count on any elaborate Turkey dinner scenes, as the only things consumed at the holiday table are Pepsi and rum.<\/span><\/p>\n