the 'it was theater' was the breaking point for armand to deny dan's doubt, you can see him thinking before saying 'no' not once but twice. fragile then decisive in his honesty and what it would cost him to confess in such earnest and unpredictable moment
There is nothing wrong about Ebogo's acting. He's doing it perfect. People complain because the characters are different and they don't follow them, that's all.
When they say camp style is camp, not a metaphor. The era of "good, tidy narrative" is GONE. If you discover you don't stand the style, congrats! something new for you.
Ps. Still Lestat POV. Even some "bad acting" could have been made on PURPOSE, like the aesthetic of the Lioncourt family.
Ps2. if you want generic queer drama with young people and lots of sex, wrong genre, wrong story. This is GOTHIC HORROR with gifts for the fans.
This man is going on two decades of consistently proving he is an absolute piece of shit and it’s so embarrassing that anyone still listens and supports him
the whole scene was a psychological battle. lestat is a master bullshitter but armand is manipulation personified, he had to immediately disarm armand with his body to have the upper hand and protect himself and the humans. his sexualised flippant attitude is a defence mechanism
this second paragraph specifically is so fucking important to be mentioned because nhlers are othered by nationality and it sounds crazy to people who don't know it