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''Damsels in Distress'' is a 2012 comedy film written and directed by Creator/WhitStillman, starring Creator/GretaGerwig, Creator/LioTipton, Adam Brody, Creator/MegalynEchikunwoke, and Carrie [=MacLemore=].

[[ProperLady Violet]] (Gerwig), Rose (Echikunwoke), and Heather ([=MacLemore=]) are three students at an East Coast UsefulNotes/IvyLeague university who feel it is their mission in life is to save their fellow students from themselves. They run a suicide prevention center, encourage hygiene and try and change the less intelligent and mature of the men on campus by dating them. When new student Lily (Tipton) arrives, they eagerly take her under their wing and into their well-meaning but eccentric crusade to make the world a better place.

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''Damsels in Distress'' is a 2012 comedy comedy-drama film written and directed by Creator/WhitStillman, starring Creator/GretaGerwig, Creator/AdamBrody, Creator/LioTipton, Adam Brody, Creator/MegalynEchikunwoke, and Carrie [=MacLemore=].

[[ProperLady Violet]] (Gerwig), Rose (Echikunwoke), and Heather ([=MacLemore=]) are three students at an East Coast UsefulNotes/IvyLeague university who feel it is that their mission in life is to save their fellow students from themselves. They run a suicide prevention center, encourage hygiene and try and change the less intelligent and mature of the men on campus by dating them. When new student Lily (Tipton) arrives, they eagerly take her under their wing and into their well-meaning but eccentric crusade to make the world a better place.
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''Damsels in Distress'' is a 2012 comedy written and directed by Creator/WhitStillman, starring Creator/GretaGerwig, Creator/LioTipton, Adam Brody, Creator/MegalynEchikunwoke, and Carrie [=MacLemore=].

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''Damsels in Distress'' is a 2012 comedy film written and directed by Creator/WhitStillman, starring Creator/GretaGerwig, Creator/LioTipton, Adam Brody, Creator/MegalynEchikunwoke, and Carrie [=MacLemore=].
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* SignsOfDisrepair: the first time that we see the \\

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* UglyGuyHotWife: They're not married, but the gorgeous and intelligent Violet is deeply in love with Frank, who is neither of those things [[spoiler: and remains so even after he cheats on her with Priss and they break up]]

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* UglyGuyHotWife: They're not married, but the gorgeous and intelligent Violet is deeply in love with Frank, who is neither of those things [[spoiler: and remains so even after he cheats on her with Priss and they break up]]up]].
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* ThePollyAnna: Violet, in a weird very composed sort of way.

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* %%* ThePollyAnna: Violet, in a weird very composed sort of way.
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* ProperLady: Violet.

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* AmbiguousDisorder: when Violet was a girl, she would perform various actions in an obsessive-compulsive manner, starting all over again if she couldn't do them right ten times in a row.
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* {{SelfDeprecation}}: Violet is somehow both charmingly condescending and also subtly self-depreciating--one of the first things she says to Lily is that they can probably share clothes even though she's "too fat", and Lily is rather alarmed whenever her casual and mild criticism of Violet provokes Violet into cheerful self-flagellation over her own character flaws. [[spoiler: Could have something to do with that clinical depression Violet doesn't want to deal with]]

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* {{SelfDeprecation}}: SelfDeprecation: Violet is somehow both charmingly condescending and also subtly self-depreciating--one self-deprecating--one of the first things she says to Lily is that they can probably share clothes even though she's "too fat", and Lily is rather alarmed whenever her casual and mild criticism of Violet provokes Violet into cheerful self-flagellation over her own character flaws. [[spoiler: Could have something to do with that clinical depression Violet doesn't want to deal with]] with.]]
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''Damsels in Distress'' is a 2012 comedy written and directed by Creator/WhitStillman, starring Creator/GretaGerwig, Creator/AnaleighTipton, Adam Brody, Creator/MegalynEchikunwoke, and Carrie [=MacLemore=].

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''Damsels in Distress'' is a 2012 comedy written and directed by Creator/WhitStillman, starring Creator/GretaGerwig, Creator/AnaleighTipton, Creator/LioTipton, Adam Brody, Creator/MegalynEchikunwoke, and Carrie [=MacLemore=].
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Not to be confused with DistressedDamsel.

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Not to be confused with DistressedDamsel.
the trope DamselInDistress.
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* {{Self-Deprecation}}: Violet is somehow both charmingly condescending and also subtly self-depreciating--one of the first things she says to Lily is that they can probably share clothes even though she's "too fat", and Lily is rather alarmed whenever her casual and mild criticism of Violet provokes Violet into cheerful self-flagellation over her own character flaws. [[spoiler: Could have something to do with that clinical depression Violet doesn't want to deal with]]

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* {{Self-Deprecation}}: {{SelfDeprecation}}: Violet is somehow both charmingly condescending and also subtly self-depreciating--one of the first things she says to Lily is that they can probably share clothes even though she's "too fat", and Lily is rather alarmed whenever her casual and mild criticism of Violet provokes Violet into cheerful self-flagellation over her own character flaws. [[spoiler: Could have something to do with that clinical depression Violet doesn't want to deal with]]
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* {{SelfDeprecation}}: Violet is somehow both charmingly condescending and also subtly self-depreciating--one of the first things she says to Lily is that they can probably share clothes even though she's "too fat", and Lily is rather alarmed whenever her casual and mild criticism of Violet provokes Violet into cheerful self-flagellation over her own character flaws. [[spoiler: Could have something to do with that clinical depression Violet doesn't want to deal with]]

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* {{SelfDeprecation}}: {{Self-Deprecation}}: Violet is somehow both charmingly condescending and also subtly self-depreciating--one of the first things she says to Lily is that they can probably share clothes even though she's "too fat", and Lily is rather alarmed whenever her casual and mild criticism of Violet provokes Violet into cheerful self-flagellation over her own character flaws. [[spoiler: Could have something to do with that clinical depression Violet doesn't want to deal with]]
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* {{Self-Depreciation}}: Violet is somehow both charmingly condescending and also subtly self-depreciating--one of the first things she says to Lily is that they can probably share clothes even though she's "too fat", and Lily is rather alarmed whenever her casual and mild criticism of Violet provokes Violet into cheerful self-flagellation over her own character flaws. [[spoiler: Could have something to do with that clinical depression Violet doesn't want to deal with]]

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* {{Self-Depreciation}}: {{SelfDeprecation}}: Violet is somehow both charmingly condescending and also subtly self-depreciating--one of the first things she says to Lily is that they can probably share clothes even though she's "too fat", and Lily is rather alarmed whenever her casual and mild criticism of Violet provokes Violet into cheerful self-flagellation over her own character flaws. [[spoiler: Could have something to do with that clinical depression Violet doesn't want to deal with]]
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* SelfDepreciation: Violet is somehow both charmingly condescending and also subtly self-depreciating--one of the first things she says to Lily is that they can probably share clothes even though she's "too fat", and Lily is rather alarmed whenever her casual and mild criticism of Violet provokes Violet into cheerful self-flagellation over her own character flaws. [[spoiler: Could have something to do with that clinical depression Violet doesn't want to deal with]]

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* SelfDepreciation: {{Self-Depreciation}}: Violet is somehow both charmingly condescending and also subtly self-depreciating--one of the first things she says to Lily is that they can probably share clothes even though she's "too fat", and Lily is rather alarmed whenever her casual and mild criticism of Violet provokes Violet into cheerful self-flagellation over her own character flaws. [[spoiler: Could have something to do with that clinical depression Violet doesn't want to deal with]]
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*SelfDepreciation: Violet is somehow both charmingly condescending and also subtly self-depreciating--one of the first things she says to Lily is that they can probably share clothes even though she's "too fat", and Lily is rather alarmed whenever her casual and mild criticism of Violet provokes Violet into cheerful self-flagellation over her own character flaws. [[spoiler: Could have something to do with that clinical depression Violet doesn't want to deal with]]
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* FrenchJerk: Xavier is kinda full of himself, hypocritical, and condescending in a way that isn't charming like Violet.
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* CompulsiveLiar: Once Violet realizes that [[spoiler: Fred aka Charlie]] has made up basically everything he told Lily, he becomes incredibly attractive to her, while Lily herself is horrified.
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* UglyGuyHotWife: They're not married, but the gorgeous and intelligent Violet is deeply in love with Frank, who is neither of those things [[spoiler: and remains so even after he cheats on her with Priss and they break up]]
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* HidingBehindReligion: Xavier considers himself a Chatar, which is supposedly why he has to insist on anal sex.

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* HidingBehindReligion: Xavier considers himself a Chatar, Cathar, which is supposedly why he has to insist on anal sex.
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* IJustWantToBeNormal: Lily ultimately decides that, while Violet's eccentricity is charming, she herself would rather be just one more boring, ordinary person.

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-->'''Violet:''' We've got to keep in mind that these guys are young people. They're essentially immature and crying out for help and guidence.

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-->'''Violet:''' We've got to keep in mind that these guys are young people. They're essentially immature and crying out for help and guidence.guidance.



-->'''Rose:''' Only numerically.

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-->'''Rose:''' Only numerically.numerically.
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* BungledSuicide: Depressed students keep leaping off of the top of Robertson Hall. The problem is, it's just two stories - high enough for them to hurt themselves badly, but not high enough to actually kill them.
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* HidingBehindReligion: Xavier considers himself a Chatar, which is supposedly why he has to insist on anal sex.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Xavier practically drags Lily away from Charlie, claiming that he was clearly trying to get her drunk (Lily had been buying her own drinks, and in fact Charlie had just been telling her that she should slow down). What's the first thing he does when his girlfriend breaks up with him and he sets out to seduce Lily? ''Pour her a glass of wine.''

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