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Actors: Kirstie Alley, Denise Richards, Kirsten Dunst, Ellen Barkin
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Drop Dead Gorgeous |
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This movie is a satire about beauty pageants and the lengths some people will go to in order to win them. The annual beauty pageant is taking place in a small Minnesota town and it is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys Leeman (Alley) wants her daughter Rebecca (Richards) to win, no matter what. She will stop at nothing to make it happen including causing explosions, trailer fires, falling lights and even accidental death of other contestants. The Leeman family are the richest in town therefore the local police turn a blind eye to most of the disasters that surround the pageant. Amber Atkins (Dunst) is the good girl in the competition but also Rebecca's number one rival. She too wants very much to win but does not employ any devious methods that undermine the competition. More deaths are to follow before the final results are in and the beauty queen crowned.
--Patti Illsley, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Drop Dead Gorgeous |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- model
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- homemaker/wife
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) long wavey
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Midwest
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- sinister, like an X-Files Gomer Pyle
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
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