The Room is one of those movies that goes so far round the bend that it comes back round again. It's so godawful that it becomes it's own flavor of tragicomically terrible that is, in a way, kinda great.
It's definitely in my "bad movies and booze night" rotation. XD
Funny thing. "Whiskey and rye" makes no sense; rye is a kind of whiskey. The lyric is actually "drinking whiskey in Rye," as in Rye, NY. The next town over from where The Levee, their favorite bar, had unexpectedly closed down.
That's something I'm concerned about too. I want to get away from the academic factory model, but I don't want to associate with the religious loonies to do it.
Not sure if it still exists in 5e but back in my day there was a skill that would allow you to activate a magic item you normally couldn't, including spoofing your alignment.
So a CG trickster cleric could conceivably BS the candle into letting her get its benefits. Including being able to Gate in a Genie...
Edit: Also, if it's sitting around in a red dragon's collection, it probably doesn't match his alignment, or he would've just used it himself.
ngl I saw the thumbnail and expected George Carlin.