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** Subverted with most of the wardrobe. Extremely expensive, but understated, per the rules set out when Tess meets Katharine. This includes a $6000 sequined cocktail dress.
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* WoundedGazelleGambit: Katherine uses an ''actual'' injury to gain sympathy when she barges into the meeting. Realizing that people might actually listen to Tess and not her, she fakes a dizzy spell, instantly garnering concern and attention from the other attendees.
** Then deconstructed. Tess knows not to bother trying to explain herself or call Katharine out right then, pulls back, and comes back later to tell her side to the CEO when things are calmer and he's more likely to listen; which he does.
** Then deconstructed. Tess knows not to bother trying to explain herself or call Katharine out right then, pulls back, and comes back later to tell her side to the CEO when things are calmer and he's more likely to listen; which he does.
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* WoundedGazelleGambit: Katherine uses an ''actual'' injury to gain sympathy when she barges into the meeting. Realizing that people might actually listen to Tess and not her, she fakes a dizzy spell, instantly garnering concern and attention from the other attendees.
**attendees. Then deconstructed. deconstructed; Tess knows not to bother trying to explain herself or call Katharine out right then, pulls back, and comes back later to tell her side to the CEO when things are calmer and he's more likely to listen; which he does.
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* EightiesHair: Most of the secretaries and the women on Staten Island. Joan Cusack, to the extreme. Also Creator/MelanieGriffith in the early parts of the movie. Averted with Katharine, whose hairstyle would be seen as perfectly normal and professional even today.
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* EightiesHair: Most of the secretaries and the women on Staten Island. Joan Cusack, to the extreme. Also Creator/MelanieGriffith in the early parts of the movie. Averted with Katharine, whose hairstyle would be seen as perfectly normal and professional even today.
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* AmbitionIsEvil: Very much averted with Tess. While some of her actions are ethically questionable to say the least, the film portrays her as only "[[IDidWhatIHadToDo doing what she has to do]]" to climb the corporate ladder without the "right" background or connections. Katherine, on the other hand...
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive / ThereAreNoGoodExecutives: Mostly averted. The only obviously corrupt executive is Katharine. Oren Trask in particular seems to be an honest, intelligent, all-around good guy who just happens to be a rich CEO.
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A pre-stardom Creator/KevinSpacey has one scene as a lecherous, coke-sniffing arbitrager. A pre-stardom Creator/DavidDuchovny has an even smaller part, as a guest at Tess's birthday party.
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A pre-stardom Creator/KevinSpacey has one scene as a said lecherous, coke-sniffing arbitrager.Bob from Arbitrage. A pre-stardom Creator/DavidDuchovny has an even smaller part, as a guest at Tess's birthday party.
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* GirlbossFeminist: Katherine Parker starts off a potential role model for her secretary [[PluckyOfficeGirl Tess]], as she is a successful career woman who seems more supportive of Tess's career than the men Tess has had to work under before. Then Tess discovers that [[BitchInSheepsClothing Katherine was going to sell off Tess's idea as her own]] after dismissing it in their first meeting. While Tess has similar ambitions to Katherine, Katherine is a condescending Wellesley graduate with money and connections who nonetheless calls herself a trailblazer for women, while blue-collar Tess has to struggle and lie about her connections just to be heard in the business world. [[spoiler: Tess also takes pains to treat her own secretary equally when she gets a promotion at the end of the film, showing that she is going to avert the trope.]]
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** Then deconstructed. Tess knows not to bother trying to explain herself or call Katherine out right then, pulls back, and comes back later to tell her side to the CEO when things are calmer and he's more likely to listen; which he does.
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** Then deconstructed. Tess knows not to bother trying to explain herself or call Katherine Katharine out right then, pulls back, and comes back later to tell her side to the CEO when things are calmer and he's more likely to listen; which he does.
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** Then deconstructed. Tess knows not to bother trying to explain herself or call Katherine out right then, pulls back, and comes back later to tell her side to the CEO when things are calmer and he's more likely to listen; which he does.
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* DevilInPlainSight: Katharine Parker starts off as BitchInSheepsClothing, but once Tess discovers her true colours the Devil is revealed and Katherine makes no attempt to hide her malicious and vindictive nature.
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* DevilInPlainSight: Katharine Parker starts off as a BitchInSheepsClothing, but once Tess discovers her true colours colors, the Devil is revealed and Katherine makes no attempt to hide her malicious and vindictive nature.
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* InsufferableGenius: Katharine has a very high opinion of herself and isn't afraid to let other people know it. She has a degree from Wellesley, speaks fluent German to the owner of a Swiss-style ski resort in order to get the tower suite, and freely praises herself as a trailblazer for women in the business world. By the end of the movie, she may actually be TooCleverByHalf....
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* InsufferableGenius: Katharine has a very high opinion of herself and isn't afraid to let other people know it. She has a degree from Wellesley, speaks fluent German to the owner of a Swiss-style Swiss ski resort in order to get the tower suite, and freely praises herself as a trailblazer for women in the business world. By the end of the movie, she may actually be TooCleverByHalf....
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* DevilInPlainSight: Katharine Parker starts off as BitchInSheepsClothing but once Tess discovers her true colours the Devil is revealed.
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* DevilInPlainSight: Katharine Parker starts off as BitchInSheepsClothing BitchInSheepsClothing, but once Tess discovers her true colours the Devil is revealed.revealed and Katherine makes no attempt to hide her malicious and vindictive nature.
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* AlasPoorVillain: Katherine responds to Trask chewing out and firing her by holding back tears and calmly telling him that she won't be spoken to in a rude manner, before sulking back into her office.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Katherine never considered that eventually someone was going to ask her how she got the idea for Trask's merger with a radio broadcasting company and "I stole it from my assistant" would not be a satisfactory answer.
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: "Firing," rather, but Katherine responds to Trask chewing her out by calmly telling him that she won't be spoken to like that and stalking into her office.
