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Actors: Irene Cara, Eddie Barth, Gene Anthony Ray, Laura Dean, Lee Currieri, Paul McCrane, Maureen Teefy, Antonia Francheschi, Barry Miller
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Fame |
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This is the story of eight talented high school students studying at New York City's High School for the performing arts. From the initial audition through graduation, each characters grows and gains independence, while learning what it means to be an artist in modern society.
--Lauren Socha, Resident Scholar
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Eight Students go to a Performing Arts High School in New York. They find out what the want to be be and who they are.They find romance and sometimes bad things
--kaity loder, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Fame |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Kids:
- general coming of age story
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- actor
Age group
- trouble in high school
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- student
- actor
Age:
- a teen
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) skinny
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
- Hispanic/Latinic
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
- hard edged
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- red
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- (man) very skinny
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 60%
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
- Hispanic/Latinic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Misc setting
- sewers/subways
- school
- theater
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
- impregnation/reproduction
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
- A huge amnt of foul language
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of singing and dancing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Techno/synthesized
Is this movie based on a
- play
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