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Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Ed Wood
one third of a comedy, one third of a biopic and 1/3 a movie about friendship and mutual appreciation, this is the real Tim Burton masterpiece. Artistically and plotwisely impressing.
--Tero Hakulinen, Resident Scholar


Analysis of Ed Wood
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Plot
Comedy, primarily Yes
Time/era of movie: - 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging Yes
Getting ahead in: - entertainment world
Inner struggle or disability Yes
Taboo Sex Story? Yes
If a parody... of - sci-fi movies
Job/Profession/Poverty Story? Yes
Strong "rags to riches" component? Yes
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story? Yes
Poverty story? Yes
Druggie/Wino problems? - drugs

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - producer/director
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric: Yes - eccentric - obsessed
Hair color? - brunette (Brown)
Hair type - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - (man) average
Events of movie makes character more... - caring
Ethnicity/Nationality - Black
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor? - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Male
Body type - (man) average build
How much in movie? - 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality - Eastern European

Main Adversary
Identity: - general circumstances
Profession/status: - trader
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - California
City? Yes
City: - Los Angeles

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths
Movie makes you feel... - excited
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