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Actors: Helen Slater, Christian Slater, Keith Gordon
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Legend of Billie Jean |
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A pretty teenage girl goes on the run with her younger teenage brother and best friends after they are accused of attempting a robbery and shooting the store owner. They become folk heroes as it becomes clear that they were the true victims and they only wanted what they were owed. Young people everywhere look up to them as they receive national acclaim while on the run. The main character becomes a symbol of innocence and independence. There is a romance when the heroine falls in love with a young man they are alleged to have kidnapped.
--Danielle Petty, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Legend of Billie Jean |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- criminal/victim falls in love with victim/criminal
If this is a criminal POV story...
- criminals portrayed sympathetically on the run
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair style
- short/butch/lez (woman)
Body type
- ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- businessman, small
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Texas
Small town?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
How many deaths in film?
- 0 (not a murder mystery)
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
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