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* IntimateLotionApplication: As Krystal gives Star a dressing down due to her low sales, she also cruelly makes Star's crush Jake intimately lather tanning lotion on her legs, not only to make Star jealous but also to demonstrate her dominance over both of them.
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* BareYourMidriff: Krystal wears halter and bikini tops for everyday clothing.
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* ClusterFBomb: Rarely does a sentence pass among the team without a strong curse word tossed in.
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* DirtyOldMan: The cowboys who pick up Star. Though they don’t do anything sexually with Star and playfully joke around with her, there is a menacing air to them. [[spoiler: Jake gets Star before anything further can happen]].
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* HollywoodAtheist: When Jake snarkily asks if Star is religious after she objects to him stealing a ring from one of the woman they tried to scam, Star then vitriolically denies it, even referring to God with CountryMatters.
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* AutoErotica: Jake and Star have sex in the front seat of his car.
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* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Star and Jake have sex in a field at one point.
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* FilleFatale: When Jake is doing his rounds in an affluent neighborhood, one of the people who answers the door is a tween girl, whom Jake proceeds to flirt with. The girl’s mom comes to the door to ask what Jake and Star are selling, and she invites the two in to explain what they’re fundraising for. While they’re inside, the daughter is dancing in the backyard with friends, making eyes at Jake and trying to get his attention.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Krystal has a team rule stating no relationships among members because “love is bad for business." However, she herself carries on a casual relationship with Jake.
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* TitleDrop: The crew has a sing-along to the Music/LadyA song “American Honey” when it plays in the van.
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** First mentioned when Star is introduced to Krystal, the crew's leader.
-->'''Krystal''': Where's that accent from?
-->'''Star''': Texas.
-->'''Krystal''': So you're a southern girl. A real American honey like me. You know that song?
-->'''Star''': No.
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** First mentioned when Star is introduced to Krystal, the crew's leader.
-->'''Krystal''': Where's that accent from?
-->'''Star''': Texas.
-->'''Krystal''': So you're a southern girl. A real American honey like me. You know that song?
-->'''Star''': No.
** Later the song Krystal was referring to, the Music/LadyA song “American
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* WanderingCulture: The sales crew lives a nomadic lifestyle where they only stay in one place briefly.
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* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: Krystal is wearing a Confederate flag bikini in the tanning lotion scene.
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* PovertyPorn: The bulk of the film shines a light on Americans living in squalor in the Midwest.
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* HouseSquatting: At one point, the crew temporarily makes their home in a rundown, abandoned house in rural Nebraska.
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* Leitmotif: Star’s first interaction with the mag crew happens when the Music/{{Rihanna}} song “We Found Love” starts playing in a Kmart, leading the crew to do an [[HappyDance impromptu dance]] in the store. When crew members are later dropped off at an oil field, the song plays again as the girls dance in front of the oil well workers.
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* RoadTripPlot: The film follows a traveling magazine sales crew as they traverse through multiple states in the Midwest—Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota among them.
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* SilentTreatment: Star gives Jake the cold shoulder after the tanning lotion incident. He claims to Star he was doing her a favor by keeping Krystal happy.
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''American Honey'' is a 2016 drama film directed by Andrea Arnold, starring Creator/SashaLane, Creator/ShiaLaBeouf, and Creator/RileyKeough. Star is a teenaged girl in Oklahoma who happens to come across a traveling “mag crew”—a bunch of poor teenagers who go door-to-door selling magazine subscriptions. The crew is led by Krystal and Jake, the latter who draws Star in with his charms. With nothing to lose, Star runs away from home to join the crew on the road and goes on a journey of self-discovery, law-bending, and first love.
The film was released by Creator/A24 in the United States and in the United Kingdom by Creator/UniversalPictures. It received critical acclaim and received a BAFTA nomination for Best British Film.
The film was released by Creator/A24 in the United States and in the United Kingdom by Creator/UniversalPictures. It received critical acclaim and received a BAFTA nomination for Best British Film.
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''American Honey'' is a 2016 drama film directed by Andrea Arnold, starring Creator/SashaLane, Creator/ShiaLaBeouf, and Creator/RileyKeough. Star is a teenaged girl in Oklahoma who happens to come across a traveling [[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/21/us/21magcrew.html “mag crew”—a crew”]]—a bunch of poor teenagers who go door-to-door selling magazine subscriptions. The crew is led by Krystal and Jake, the latter who draws Star in with his charms. With nothing to lose, Star runs away from home to join the crew on the road and goes on a journey of self-discovery, law-bending, and first love.
The film was released byCreator/A24 Creator/{{A24}} in the United States and in the United Kingdom by Creator/UniversalPictures. It received critical acclaim and received earned a BAFTA UsefulNotes/{{BAFTA}} nomination for Best British Film.
Film. The members of the mag crew were played by unknown actors the director found herself while scouring beaches, streets, and state fairs.
The film was released by
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''American Honey'' is a 2016 drama film directed by Andrea Arnold, starring Creator/SashaLane, Creator/ShiaLaBeouf, and Creator/RileyKeough. Star is a teenaged girl in Oklahoma who happens to come across a traveling “mag crew”—a bunch of poor teenagers who go door-to-door selling magazine subscriptions. The crew is led by Krystal and Jake, the latter who draws Star in with his charms. With nothing to lose, Star runs away from home to join the crew on the road and goes on a journey of self-discovery, law-bending, and first love.
The film was released by Creator/A24 in the United States and in the United Kingdom by Creator/UniversalPictures. It received critical acclaim and received a BAFTA nomination for Best British Film.
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!!''American Honey'' contains the following tropes:
* AlphaBitch: Krystal, the crew’s leader. She is intimidating to new recruits to the team and exacting when it comes to team members’ sales numbers.
* BareYourMidriff: Krystal wears halter and bikini tops for everyday clothing.
* BladeOfGrassCut: Used many times in closeups of the grass and insects of the open fields.
* ComingOfAgeStory: Star experiences all the hallmarks of adolescence—first love, finding her own identity, heartbreak, and belonging.
* TheCon: Jake tries to bilk a customer by claiming he with a collegiate association saving up for money.
* DirtyOldMan: The cowboys who pick up Star. Though they don’t do anything sexually with Star and playfully joke around with her, there is a menacing air to them. [[spoiler: Jake gets Star before anything further can happen]].
* DrinkingGame: When Star is brought to one of the cowboy’s homes, the men offer to buy several subscriptions from her if she eats the worm at the bottom of a bottle of mezcal.
* DumpsterDive: How the film begins.
* DysfunctionJunction / AbusiveParents: Star’s home life is a troubled one. She watches over two young children that aren't hers and is living with the children’s alcoholic father who gropes her.
* FilleFatale: When Jake is doing his rounds in an affluent neighborhood, one of the people who answers the door is a tween girl, whom Jake proceeds to flirt with. The girl’s mom comes to the door to ask what Jake and Star are selling, and she invites the two in to explain what they’re fundraising for. While they’re inside, the daughter is dancing in the backyard with friends, making eyes at Jake and trying to get his attention.
* FlyoverCountry
* FriendToAllLivingThings / FriendToBugs: Star is shown to have a connection with animals, even insects. She captures a bee trapped indoors and sets it free outside, and later has a moment where she interacts with a bear.
* Leitmotif: Star’s first interaction with the mag crew happens when the Music/{{Rihanna}} song “We Found Love” starts playing in a Kmart, leading the crew to do an [[HappyDance impromptu dance]] in the store. When crew members are later dropped off at an oil field, the song plays again as the girls dance in front of the oil well workers.
* IShallTauntYou: After Krystal lectures Star on her low sales numbers, she has Jake apply tanning lotion to her body in front of Star.
* MissingMom: Star’s own mother [[spoiler: died from a meth overdose, so she buys groceries for the kids of a drug addict out of sympathy]].
* PovertyPorn: The bulk of the film shines a light on Americans living in squalor in the Midwest.
* PublicSecretMessage: Jake and Star use a wolf howl to call out to each other.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The magazine sales crew is comprised of teens from broken homes or other disadvantaged backgrounds.
* RecklessGunUsage: Jake carries around a loaded gun and jokingly waves it in front of Star’s face, angering her. Later, he uses it to threaten the cowboys who Star hitched a ride with.
* RoadTripPlot: The film follows a traveling magazine sales crew as they traverse through multiple states in the Midwest—Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota among them.
* TheRunaway: Star.
* SliceOfLife: As the crew crisscrosses the Midwest, the film captures vignettes of the American heartland, as well as life in a traveling mag sales crew.
* SilentTreatment: Star gives Jake the cold shoulder after the tanning lotion incident. He claims to Star he was doing her a favor by keeping Krystal happy.
* SymbolicBaptism: At the end, [[spoiler: Star frees the turtle that Jake gave to her. She wades into a pond and completely submerges herself, before resurfacing. This could imply Star’s rebirth and moving on from Jake]].
* TakeCareOfTheKids: Star looks after Rubin and his sister Kelsey because their biological mom Misty is a [[ParentalNeglect neglectful parent]]. When Star decides to join the mag crew, she finds Misty line dancing at a bar and leaves the two kids with her.
* TitleDrop: The crew has a sing-along to the Music/LadyA song “American Honey” when it plays in the van.
* WanderingCulture: The sales crew lives a nomadic lifestyle where they only stay in one place briefly.
* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: Krystal is wearing a Confederate flag bikini in the tanning lotion scene.
* WildTeenParty: The crew sells magazine subscriptions during the day and parties hard at night.
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''American Honey'' is a 2016 drama film directed by Andrea Arnold, starring Creator/SashaLane, Creator/ShiaLaBeouf, and Creator/RileyKeough. Star is a teenaged girl in Oklahoma who happens to come across a traveling “mag crew”—a bunch of poor teenagers who go door-to-door selling magazine subscriptions. The crew is led by Krystal and Jake, the latter who draws Star in with his charms. With nothing to lose, Star runs away from home to join the crew on the road and goes on a journey of self-discovery, law-bending, and first love.
The film was released by Creator/A24 in the United States and in the United Kingdom by Creator/UniversalPictures. It received critical acclaim and received a BAFTA nomination for Best British Film.
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!!''American Honey'' contains the following tropes:
* AlphaBitch: Krystal, the crew’s leader. She is intimidating to new recruits to the team and exacting when it comes to team members’ sales numbers.
* BareYourMidriff: Krystal wears halter and bikini tops for everyday clothing.
* BladeOfGrassCut: Used many times in closeups of the grass and insects of the open fields.
* ComingOfAgeStory: Star experiences all the hallmarks of adolescence—first love, finding her own identity, heartbreak, and belonging.
* TheCon: Jake tries to bilk a customer by claiming he with a collegiate association saving up for money.
* DirtyOldMan: The cowboys who pick up Star. Though they don’t do anything sexually with Star and playfully joke around with her, there is a menacing air to them. [[spoiler: Jake gets Star before anything further can happen]].
* DrinkingGame: When Star is brought to one of the cowboy’s homes, the men offer to buy several subscriptions from her if she eats the worm at the bottom of a bottle of mezcal.
* DumpsterDive: How the film begins.
* DysfunctionJunction / AbusiveParents: Star’s home life is a troubled one. She watches over two young children that aren't hers and is living with the children’s alcoholic father who gropes her.
* FilleFatale: When Jake is doing his rounds in an affluent neighborhood, one of the people who answers the door is a tween girl, whom Jake proceeds to flirt with. The girl’s mom comes to the door to ask what Jake and Star are selling, and she invites the two in to explain what they’re fundraising for. While they’re inside, the daughter is dancing in the backyard with friends, making eyes at Jake and trying to get his attention.
* FlyoverCountry
* FriendToAllLivingThings / FriendToBugs: Star is shown to have a connection with animals, even insects. She captures a bee trapped indoors and sets it free outside, and later has a moment where she interacts with a bear.
* Leitmotif: Star’s first interaction with the mag crew happens when the Music/{{Rihanna}} song “We Found Love” starts playing in a Kmart, leading the crew to do an [[HappyDance impromptu dance]] in the store. When crew members are later dropped off at an oil field, the song plays again as the girls dance in front of the oil well workers.
* IShallTauntYou: After Krystal lectures Star on her low sales numbers, she has Jake apply tanning lotion to her body in front of Star.
* MissingMom: Star’s own mother [[spoiler: died from a meth overdose, so she buys groceries for the kids of a drug addict out of sympathy]].
* PovertyPorn: The bulk of the film shines a light on Americans living in squalor in the Midwest.
* PublicSecretMessage: Jake and Star use a wolf howl to call out to each other.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The magazine sales crew is comprised of teens from broken homes or other disadvantaged backgrounds.
* RecklessGunUsage: Jake carries around a loaded gun and jokingly waves it in front of Star’s face, angering her. Later, he uses it to threaten the cowboys who Star hitched a ride with.
* RoadTripPlot: The film follows a traveling magazine sales crew as they traverse through multiple states in the Midwest—Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota among them.
* TheRunaway: Star.
* SliceOfLife: As the crew crisscrosses the Midwest, the film captures vignettes of the American heartland, as well as life in a traveling mag sales crew.
* SilentTreatment: Star gives Jake the cold shoulder after the tanning lotion incident. He claims to Star he was doing her a favor by keeping Krystal happy.
* SymbolicBaptism: At the end, [[spoiler: Star frees the turtle that Jake gave to her. She wades into a pond and completely submerges herself, before resurfacing. This could imply Star’s rebirth and moving on from Jake]].
* TakeCareOfTheKids: Star looks after Rubin and his sister Kelsey because their biological mom Misty is a [[ParentalNeglect neglectful parent]]. When Star decides to join the mag crew, she finds Misty line dancing at a bar and leaves the two kids with her.
* TitleDrop: The crew has a sing-along to the Music/LadyA song “American Honey” when it plays in the van.
* WanderingCulture: The sales crew lives a nomadic lifestyle where they only stay in one place briefly.
* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: Krystal is wearing a Confederate flag bikini in the tanning lotion scene.
* WildTeenParty: The crew sells magazine subscriptions during the day and parties hard at night.
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