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Slide 11 of 12

"Something Wonderful" by Alfred Newman

One of the most evocative scenes of the movie, Cassie's visit to Al's bachelor party, ends tragically: Al manages to loosen one of his handcuffs, suffocates Cassie, and kills her. "Something Wonderful," from the classic film The King and I, rises up from the heavens as Al and his friend Joe burn Cassie's corpse in a sunlit bonfire reminiscent of something out of Midsommar.

The irony and sarcasm here are obvious: as a society, we constantly forgive the mistakes of men but so often exercise the exact opposite impulse with women. When talking about the classic song's inclusion to Billboard, Fennell said, "that is one of the most romantic songs of all time, but when you listen to it, it's about a man who's incredibly cruel and callous, but once in a while, he does one good thing. He does something wonderful. That's what that song is about!"