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* AntiHero: It's not surprising that David Bowie almost sued. Brian Slade is a very unflattering take on Bowie. While undeniably charismatic and talented, Brian Slade lifts most of his style and stage persona from Jack Fairy and Curt Wild, uncerimoniously parts ways with his first agent, is neglectful of his wife at best, and emotionally abusive at worst, and in the end sells out, taking a new identity in the 1980s, to reinvent himself as a "safe" pop idol who seems to support a Conservative US President. Also, even though the movie takes a lot of inspiration from Film/CitizenKane, we never get to see any redemptive or emotionally cathartic side of Brian Slade in the ending.
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* AntiHero: It's not surprising that David Bowie almost sued. Brian Slade, the NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Bowie is a very unflattering take on Bowie. While undeniably charismatic and talented, Brian Slade lifts most of his style and stage persona from Jack Fairy and Curt Wild, uncerimoniously parts ways with his first agent, is neglectful of his wife at best, and emotionally abusive at worst, and in the end sells out, taking a new identity in the 1980s, to reinvent himself as a "safe" pop idol who seems to support a Conservative US President. Also, even though the movie takes a lot of inspiration from Film/CitizenKane, we never get to see any redemptive or emotionally cathartic side of Brian Slade in the ending.
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* AntiHero: It's not surprising that David Bowie almost sued. Brian Slade, the NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Bowie Slade is a very unflattering take on Bowie. While undeniably charismatic and talented, Brian Slade lifts most of his style and stage persona from Jack Fairy and Curt Wild, uncerimoniously parts ways with his first agent, is neglectful of his wife at best, and emotionally abusive at worst, and in the end sells out, taking a new identity in the 1980s, to reinvent himself as a "safe" pop idol who seems to support a Conservative US President. Also, even though the movie takes a lot of inspiration from Film/CitizenKane, we never get to see any redemptive or emotionally cathartic side of Brian Slade in the ending.
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* AntiHero: It's not surprising that David Bowie almost sued. Brian Slade, the NoCelebritiesWereHarmed is arguably the least sympathetic of the main characters and a very unflattering take on Bowie. While undeniably charismatic and talented, Brian Slade: a) Lifts most of his style and stage persona from Jack Fairy and Curt Wild. b) Uncerimoniously parts ways with his first agent, who is seen in a wheelchair in a hospital. c) Is neglectful of his wife at best, and emotionally abusive at worst. d) Sells out, taking a new identity in the 1980s, to reinvent himself as a "safe" pop idol who seems to support a Conservative US President. e) Even though the movie takes a lot of inspiration from Film/CitizenKane, we never get to see any redemptive or emotionally cathartic side of Brian Slade in the ending. It's Arthur and Curt Wild that have the heartwarming scene that makes it a BittersweetEnding.
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* AntiHero: It's not surprising that David Bowie almost sued. Brian Slade, the NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Bowie is arguably the least sympathetic of the main characters and a very unflattering take on Bowie. While undeniably charismatic and talented, Brian Slade: a) Lifts Slade lifts most of his style and stage persona from Jack Fairy and Curt Wild. b) Uncerimoniously Wild, uncerimoniously parts ways with his first agent, who is seen in a wheelchair in a hospital. c) Is neglectful of his wife at best, and emotionally abusive at worst. d) Sells worst, and in the end sells out, taking a new identity in the 1980s, to reinvent himself as a "safe" pop idol who seems to support a Conservative US President. e) Even Also, even though the movie takes a lot of inspiration from Film/CitizenKane, we never get to see any redemptive or emotionally cathartic side of Brian Slade in the ending. It's Arthur and Curt Wild that have the heartwarming scene that makes it a BittersweetEnding.ending.
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* AntiHero: It's not surprising that David Bowie almost sued. Brian Slade, the NoCelebritiesWereHarmed is arguably the least sympathetic of the main characters and a very unflattering take on Bowie. While undeniably charismatic and talented, he does the following:
** Lifts most of his style and stage persona from Jack Fairy and Curt Wild.
** Uncerimoniously parts ways with his first agent, who is seen in a wheelchair in a hospital.
** Is neglectful of his wife at best, and emotionally abusive at worst.
** Sells out, taking a new identity in the 1980s, to reinvent himself as a "safe" pop idol who seems to support a Conservative US President.
In short, even though the movie takes a lot of inspiration from
** Finally, even though the movie takes a lot from Film/CitizenKane, we never get to see any redemptive or emotionally cathartic side of Brian Slade in the ending. It's Arthur and Curt Wild that have the heartwarming scene that makes it a BittersweetEnding.
** Lifts most of his style and stage persona from Jack Fairy and Curt Wild.
** Uncerimoniously parts ways with his first agent, who is seen in a wheelchair in a hospital.
** Is neglectful of his wife at best, and emotionally abusive at worst.
** Sells out, taking a new identity in the 1980s, to reinvent himself as a "safe" pop idol who seems to support a Conservative US President.
In short, even though the movie takes a lot of inspiration from
** Finally, even though the movie takes a lot from Film/CitizenKane, we never get to see any redemptive or emotionally cathartic side of Brian Slade in the ending. It's Arthur and Curt Wild that have the heartwarming scene that makes it a BittersweetEnding.
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* AntiHero: It's not surprising that David Bowie almost sued. Brian Slade, the NoCelebritiesWereHarmed is arguably the least sympathetic of the main characters and a very unflattering take on Bowie. While undeniably charismatic and talented, he does the following:
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** Finally, even though the movie takes a lotfrom Film/CitizenKane, we never get to see any redemptive or emotionally cathartic side of Brian Slade in the ending. It's Arthur and Curt Wild that have the heartwarming scene that makes it a BittersweetEnding.
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* AntiHero: It's not surprising that David Bowie almost sued. Brian Slade, the NoCelebritiesWereHarmed is arguably the least sympathetic of the main characters and a very unflattering take on Bowie. While undeniably charismatic and talented, he does the following:
** Lifts most of his style and stage persona from Jack Fairy and Curt Wild.
** Uncerimoniously parts ways with his first agent, who is seen in a wheelchair in a hospital.
** Is neglectful of his wife at best, and emotionally abusive at worst.
** Sells out, taking a new identity in the 1980s, to reinvent himself as a "safe" pop idol who seems to support a Conservative US President.
In short, even though the movie takes a lot of inspiration from
** Finally, even though the movie takes a lot from Film/CitizenKane, we never get to see any redemptive or emotionally cathartic side of Brian Slade in the ending. It's Arthur and Curt Wild that have the heartwarming scene that makes it a BittersweetEnding.
** Lifts most of his style and stage persona from Jack Fairy and Curt Wild.
** Uncerimoniously parts ways with his first agent, who is seen in a wheelchair in a hospital.
** Is neglectful of his wife at best, and emotionally abusive at worst.
** Sells out, taking a new identity in the 1980s, to reinvent himself as a "safe" pop idol who seems to support a Conservative US President.
In short, even though the movie takes a lot of inspiration from
** Finally, even though the movie takes a lot from Film/CitizenKane, we never get to see any redemptive or emotionally cathartic side of Brian Slade in the ending. It's Arthur and Curt Wild that have the heartwarming scene that makes it a BittersweetEnding.
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* {{Dystopia}}: You can read the current time (the year 1984, no less), from where the frame story takes place, as a super conservative dystopia front-headed by the mysterious President Reynolds. Certainly a great deal of the stranger scenes make sense with the dystopian backdrop.
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* {{Dystopia}}: You can read the current time (the year 1984, no less), from where the frame story takes place, as a super conservative dystopia front-headed by the mysterious President Reynolds. Certainly a great deal of the stranger scenes make sense with the dystopian backdrop. A more mundane explanation is that it's just the more conservative, more heteronormative The80s, and Reynolds is a stand-in for UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan, painting Brian Slade as a sellout for supporting Reynolds.
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* InLoveWithLove: Brian Slade is in love not with Curt Wild, but the "idea of Curt Wild".
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* LovingAShadow: Brian Slade is in love not with Curt Wild, but the "idea of Curt Wild".
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Arthur is caught masturbating by his father, and is ''kicked out of the house'' for his perceived crime. It's unclear whether the father just took a really dim view of masturbation in general, or if he noticed that his son was looking at a homoerotic image.
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* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: The film loves its glitter -- which is appropriate as it's about a {{bishonen}} glam rock star.
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* HookersAndBlow: When Slade's career is on the skids, he falls into total depravity, and we see him sprawled half-naked in bed with a ''mountain'' of cocaine beside him. Later, [[spoiler: when Mandy is trying to get him to sign their divorce papers,]] we see Brian snorting a line of coke from the bare buttocks of a semi-conscious black woman in a big white wig.
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* HookersAndBlow: When Slade's career is on the skids, he falls into total depravity, and we see him sprawled half-naked in bed with a ''mountain'' of cocaine beside him. Later, [[spoiler: when Mandy is trying to get him to sign their divorce papers,]] we see Brian snorting a line of coke from the bare naked buttocks of a semi-conscious black woman in a big white wig.wig. (Of course, given that Brian seems to be able to get anyone he meets to have sex with literally anyone, she might not be a hooker, just someone in his entourage.)
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* BittersweetEnding: Brian will reinvent himself as the boringly mainstream Tommy Stone; glam-rock is effectively dead; Mandy will become the bitter character that we see in 1984, and the world will become greyer and more, for want of a better word, heteronormative. But the sense of freedom and joy and potential will live in on the memories of the people who lived through it.
-->''Fade away never... fade away never... fade away never...''
-->''Fade away never... fade away never... fade away never...''
