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Denise finds that Howard is sleeping with other women, and their marriage breaks down. She embarks on an affair with kindly married DJ John Murray (Bruce Davison), but it becomes clear that he won't leave his family for her when he moves to Chicago. Joel tries to console Denise by letting her record her own song, "God Give Me Strength", and assigns her California music wunderkind Jay Phillips (Matt Dillon) to produce it. To her surprise, Jay loves the song and does a great job, but the record bombs. The Beatles are changing the face of music, and Joel has gone bankrupt. Denise blames herself, but Joel's philosophical.
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Denise finds that Howard is sleeping with other women, and their marriage breaks down. She embarks on an affair with kindly married DJ John Murray (Bruce Davison), but it becomes clear that he won't leave his family for her when he moves to Chicago. Joel tries to console Denise by letting her record her own song, "God Give Me Strength", and assigns her California music wunderkind Jay Phillips (Matt Dillon) to produce it. To her surprise, Jay loves the song and does a great job, but the record bombs. The Beatles Music/TheBeatles are changing the face of music, and Joel has gone bankrupt. Denise blames herself, but Joel's philosophical.
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* TeenPregnancy: Denise overhears Annie having a tearful conversation with her boyfriend, and her and Howard's resulting song, 'Unwanted Number', is a hit. Averts the darker associations of this trope in that Annie is very sensible and level-headed, and basically joins Denise's family to help care for Denise's own kids as well as her own.
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* TeenPregnancy: Denise overhears Annie having a tearful conversation with her boyfriend, and her and Howard's resulting song, 'Unwanted Number', is a hit. Averts the darker associations of this trope in that Annie is very sensible and level-headed, and basically joins Denise's family to help care for Denise's Denise' own kids as well as her own.
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* WeirdBeard: It's not EldritchAbomination-level weird, but Joel's beard is very odd indeed.
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* WeirdBeard: It's not EldritchAbomination-level weird, but Joel's beard is very odd indeed.indeed.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: God, where to start? Edna/Denise is not Music/CaroleKing. Howard is not Gerry Goffin. Joel is not Creator/PhilSpector or Don Kirshner. The Luminaries are not The Shirelles. Kelly is not Lesley Gore. Jay's band The Riptides are not Music/TheBeachBoys, and Jay himself is definitely not Music/BrianWilson.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: God, where to start? Edna/Denise is not Music/CaroleKing. Howard is not Gerry Goffin. Joel is not Creator/PhilSpector Music/PhilSpector or Don Kirshner. The Luminaries are not The Shirelles. Kelly is not Lesley Gore. Jay's band The Riptides are not Music/TheBeachBoys, and Jay himself is definitely not Music/BrianWilson.
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Joel takes Edna under his wing and renames her 'Denise Waverley', setting her to write songs for a male doo-wop group and introducing her to leftie intellectual fellow songwriter Howard Caszatt (Eric Stoltz). The UnresolvedSexualTension between Denise and Howard quickly resolves itself, and when she becomes pregnant, they marry.
Joel sets Denise to work with English songwriter Cheryl Steed, on a song for teen ingenue Kelly Porter (Bridget Fonda). Denise and Cheryl are initially wary of each other, but they bond when they realise that Kelly is far more complex and interesting than they thought; the resulting song 'My Secret Love' is a hit.
Denise finds that Howard is sleeping with other women, and their marriage breaks down. She embarks on an affair with kindly married DJ John Murray, but it becomes clear that he won't leave his family for her when he moves to Chicago. Joel tries to console Denise by letting her record her own song, 'God Give Me Strength', and assigns her California music wunderkind Jay Phillips (Matt Dillon) to produce it. To her surprise, Jay loves the song and does a great job, but the record bombs. The Beatles are changing the face of music, and Joel has gone bankrupt. Denise blames herself, but Joel's philosophical.
Joel sets Denise to work with English songwriter Cheryl Steed, on a song for teen ingenue Kelly Porter (Bridget Fonda). Denise and Cheryl are initially wary of each other, but they bond when they realise that Kelly is far more complex and interesting than they thought; the resulting song 'My Secret Love' is a hit.
Denise finds that Howard is sleeping with other women, and their marriage breaks down. She embarks on an affair with kindly married DJ John Murray, but it becomes clear that he won't leave his family for her when he moves to Chicago. Joel tries to console Denise by letting her record her own song, 'God Give Me Strength', and assigns her California music wunderkind Jay Phillips (Matt Dillon) to produce it. To her surprise, Jay loves the song and does a great job, but the record bombs. The Beatles are changing the face of music, and Joel has gone bankrupt. Denise blames herself, but Joel's philosophical.
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Joel takes Edna under his wing and renames her 'Denise Waverley', "Denise Waverley", setting her to write songs for a male doo-wop group and introducing her to leftie intellectual fellow songwriter Howard Caszatt (Eric Stoltz). The UnresolvedSexualTension between Denise and Howard quickly resolves itself, and when she becomes pregnant, they marry.
Joel sets Denise to work with English songwriter Cheryl Steed, on a song for teen ingenue Kelly Porter (Bridget Fonda). Denise and Cheryl are initially wary of each other, but they bond when they realise that Kelly is far more complex and interesting than they thought; the resulting song'My "My Secret Love' Love" is a hit.
Denise finds that Howard is sleeping with other women, and their marriage breaks down. She embarks on an affair with kindly married DJ JohnMurray, Murray (Bruce Davison), but it becomes clear that he won't leave his family for her when he moves to Chicago. Joel tries to console Denise by letting her record her own song, 'God "God Give Me Strength', Strength", and assigns her California music wunderkind Jay Phillips (Matt Dillon) to produce it. To her surprise, Jay loves the song and does a great job, but the record bombs. The Beatles are changing the face of music, and Joel has gone bankrupt. Denise blames herself, but Joel's philosophical.
Joel sets Denise to work with English songwriter Cheryl Steed, on a song for teen ingenue Kelly Porter (Bridget Fonda). Denise and Cheryl are initially wary of each other, but they bond when they realise that Kelly is far more complex and interesting than they thought; the resulting song
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: God, where to start? Edna/Denise is not Music/CaroleKing. Howard is not Gerry Goffin. Joel is not Creator/PhilSpector or Don Kirshner. The Luminaries are not The Shirelles. Kelly is not Lesley Gore, Gore. Jay's band The Riptides are not Music/TheBeachBoys, and Jay himself is definitely not Music/BrianWilson.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: God, where to start. start? Edna/Denise is not Music/CaroleKing. Howard is not Gerry Goffin. Joel is not Creator/PhilSpector or Don Kirshner. The Luminaries are not The Shirelles. Kelly is not Lesley Gore, Jay's band The Riptides are not Music/TheBeachBoys Music/TheBeachBoys, and Jay himself is definitely not Music/BrianWilson.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: God, where to start. Edna/Denise is not Music/CaroleKing. Howard is not Gerry Goffin. Joel is not Creator/PhilSpector or Don Kirshner. The Luminaries are not The Shirelles. Kelly is not Lesley Gore, Jay's band The Riptides are not Music/TheBeachBoys and Jay himself is definitely not Music/BrianWilson.
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Philadelphia, 1960 or so: gawky Edna enters a vocal talent contest in defiance of her mother, who thinks she'll make a fool of herself. Instead, Edna wins, and uses the money to record a demo of her own song. However, the demo producer (Richard Schiff) tactfully lets her know that the music industry no longer wants girl singers. He advises her to go and see producer Joel Milner (John Turturro) at the Brill Building, as there is always a need for songwriters.
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Philadelphia, 1960 or so: gawky Edna enters a vocal talent contest in defiance of her mother, who thinks she'll make a fool of herself. Instead, Edna wins, and uses the money to record a demo of her own song. However, the demo producer (Richard Schiff) tactfully lets her know that the music industry no longer wants girl singers. He advises her to go and see producer Joel Milner (John Turturro) (Creator/JohnTurturro) at the Brill Building, as there is always a need for songwriters.
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A 1996 film by Allison Anders, telling the story of Edna Buxton (Creator/IlleanaDouglas), a steel heiress from Philadelphia who becomes a respected singer-songwriter, and who is not at all a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of Carole King. An affectionate look at the Brill Building era, it's also a tender and surprisingly tough-minded portrayal of a talented and independent-minded female protagonist who nevertheless repeatedly sacrifices her own ambitions for the sake of other people, until she learns, well, not to.
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A 1996 film by Allison Anders, telling the story of Edna Buxton (Creator/IlleanaDouglas), a steel heiress from Philadelphia who becomes a respected singer-songwriter, and who is not at all a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of Carole King.Music/CaroleKing. An affectionate look at the Brill Building era, it's also a tender and surprisingly tough-minded portrayal of a talented and independent-minded female protagonist who nevertheless repeatedly sacrifices her own ambitions for the sake of other people, until she learns, well, not to.
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* SoapBoxSadie: Howard is a male version.
-->'''Denise''': So the boy in our song is depressed. Why is he depressed?
-->'''Howard''': Because, he's, he's a [[ValuesDissonance Negro]], and no-one's gonna hire him.
-->'''Denise''': No, no, no. He's depressed because he knocked up his fourteen-year-old girlfriend.
-->'''Denise''': So the boy in our song is depressed. Why is he depressed?
-->'''Howard''': Because, he's, he's a [[ValuesDissonance Negro]], and no-one's gonna hire him.
-->'''Denise''': No, no, no. He's depressed because he knocked up his fourteen-year-old girlfriend.
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* BigApplesauce: Joel is all about this trope. So is Annie, Denise's childminder: when Joel shows up at the commune, Annie goes over to him saying fervently "Thank god, New York!"
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Annie gets a little fed up with commune life.
-->'''Annie''': Fuck Guru Dave! I milked goats, churned butter, bailed hay. I planted radishes, magic mushrooms and weed for five goddamn months, Denise! My spiritual lessons are ''mastered''! [[SarcasmMode I saw God!]] Let's go!
-->'''Annie''': Fuck Guru Dave! I milked goats, churned butter, bailed hay. I planted radishes, magic mushrooms and weed for five goddamn months, Denise! My spiritual lessons are ''mastered''! [[SarcasmMode I saw God!]] Let's go!
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* SuicideBySea: Played with. [[spoiler: Does Jay intentionally commit suicide or does he just get so fucked up that he wanders into the sea, passes out and drowns? Given his mental state at the time, either is possible.]]
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* HeelRealization: Jay's realisation that he's so messed up that he lost Denise and Annie's kids at the museum, doesn't do a lot for his mental health.
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* TheStoner: Jay.
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* TheStoner: Jay. Lampshaded by Denise.
-->'''Denise''': Well, I mean, he smokes a little grass. And, you know, he does some psychedelics, and mushrooms. And peyote. [[DamnedByFaintPraise But he's down on hard drugs]].
-->'''Denise''': Well, I mean, he smokes a little grass. And, you know, he does some psychedelics, and mushrooms. And peyote. [[DamnedByFaintPraise But he's down on hard drugs]].
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* ManChild: Jay, to an extent that makes him a danger to people around him (specifically, Denise's kids, who he takes to the zoo and then forgets about.)
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* ManChild: Jay, to an extent that makes him a danger to people around him (specifically, Denise's kids, who he takes to the zoo museum and then forgets about.)
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Denise unleashes a devastating one on Joel during their conversation by the pool, complete with ClusterFBomb.
* StayInTheKitchen: Mostly averted. Howard admires Denise's talent and they are successful songwriting partners before they fall in love. When she gets pregnant he argues that she isn't going to be able to work, but she basically ignores him and he goes along with it. John is a huge fan of her music and never misses a chance to tell his listeners how great she is. Downplayed with Jay, who admires her talent, produces her first record and does a great job, but when it bombs and she (temporarily) gives up music, he's fine with that and is not pleased when she wants to get back into it again.
* TheStoner: Jay.
* TheStoner: Jay.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Denise unleashes a devastating one on Joel during their conversation by the pool, complete with ClusterFBomb.
* StayInTheKitchen: Mostly averted. Howard admires Denise's talent and they are successful songwriting partners before they fall in love. When she gets pregnant he argues that she isn't going to be able to work, but she basically ignores him and he goes along with it. John is a huge fan of her music and never misses a chance to tell his listeners how great she is. Downplayed with Jay, who admires her talent, produces her first record and does a great job, but when it bombs and she (temporarily) gives up music, he's fine with that and is not pleased when she wants to get back into it again.
* TheStoner: Jay.
* StayInTheKitchen: Mostly averted. Howard admires Denise's talent and they are successful songwriting partners before they fall in love. When she gets pregnant he argues that she isn't going to be able to work, but she basically ignores him and he goes along with it. John is a huge fan of her music and never misses a chance to tell his listeners how great she is. Downplayed with Jay, who admires her talent, produces her first record and does a great job, but when it bombs and she (temporarily) gives up music, he's fine with that and is not pleased when she wants to get back into it again.
* TheStoner: Jay.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: In-universe, Joel thinks that a steel heiress from Philadelphia called Edna Buxton is never going make it in the music business, so he renames her 'Denise Waverley' and invents a Dark and Troubled Past for her in which she grew up in the 'slums' of 'South Philly'. Edna/Denise plays along, although she's not very comfortable with it:
-->'''John Murray''': I was wondering, is it because of your working class background that you feel free to examine these very real, honest themes in your music?
-->'''Denise''': Um, I can assure you, my background doesn't have anything to do with it.
-->'''John Murray''': I was wondering, is it because of your working class background that you feel free to examine these very real, honest themes in your music?
-->'''Denise''': Um, I can assure you, my background doesn't have anything to do with it.
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* LipstickLesbian: Kelly and [[her roommate]], although it's the early Sixties and Kelly's a beloved teen idol, so they're in the closet. It takes Denise and Cheryl about 45 seconds to figure it out, though.
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* LipstickLesbian: Kelly and [[her roommate]], [[spoiler: Marion]], although it's the early Sixties and Kelly's a beloved teen idol, so they're in the closet. It takes Denise and Cheryl about 45 seconds to figure it out, though.
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* FireForgedFriends: Denise and Cheryl, who start out disliking each other but who bond over the discovery of Kelly's relationship with her roommate, and the GettingCrapPastTheRadar challenge of writing a song for her that she can perform with conviction.
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* FireForgedFriends: Denise and Cheryl, who start out disliking each other other, but who bond over the discovery Denise softens towards Cheryl when she sees how Cheryl's husband is a bit of a dick. Their successful collaboration on Kelly's relationship with her roommate, and the GettingCrapPastTheRadar challenge of writing a song for her that she can perform with conviction.bonds them together.
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* MoodWhiplash: Denise comes home after discovering that Kelly's in love with her roommate.
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* MoodWhiplash: Denise comes home after discovering that Kelly's in love with her roommate.the truth about Kelly.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: God, where to start. Edna/Denise is not Music/CaroleKing. Howard is not Gerry Goffin. Joel is not Don Kirshner. The Luminaries are not The Shirelles. Kelly is not Lesley Gore, Jay's band is not Music/TheBeachBoys and Jay himself is definitely not Music/BrianWilson.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: God, where to start. Edna/Denise is not Music/CaroleKing. Howard is not Gerry Goffin. Joel is not Don Kirshner. The Luminaries are not The Shirelles. Kelly is not Lesley Gore, Jay's band is The Riptides are not Music/TheBeachBoys and Jay himself is definitely not Music/BrianWilson.
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* Adorkable: Denise, especially pronounced when she first performs 'God Give Me Strength' for Jay with just a piano.
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* Adorkable: {{Adorkable}}: Denise, especially pronounced when she first performs 'God Give Me Strength' for Jay with just a piano.
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* {{Beatnik}}: Howard. Peculiar beard? Check. Liberal political opinions? Check. Cardigan, cigarettes, [[TheCasanova can't keep his wang to himself]]? Check.
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* Adorkable: Denise, especially pronounced when she first performs 'God Give Me Strength' for Jay with just a piano.
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-->'''Kelly''': I mean, people have, you know, certain ideas about me that are created by my publicist and this TV show that I do. They really have no idea who I am or what my life is like, or what I go through [''starting to cry''] with the person I love. [''TearfulSmile'']\\
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-->'''Kelly''': I mean, people have, you know, certain ideas about me that are created by my publicist and this TV show that I do. They really have no idea who I am or what my life is like, or what I go through [''starting to cry''] with the person I love. [''TearfulSmile'']\\[''TearfulSmile'']
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* {{Gayngst}}: Poor Kelly has a bad case of this, because she's a famous teen ingenue whose relationship with her girlfriend has to kept secret. Not that she's very good at keeping it secret.
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* {{Gayngst}}: Poor Kelly has a bad case of this, because she's a famous teen ingenue whose relationship with her girlfriend sexuality has to be kept secret. Not that she's very good at keeping it secret.
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* LipstickLesbian: Kelly and her roommate, [[her roommate]], although it's the early Sixties and Kelly's a beloved teen idol, so they're in the closet. It takes Denise and Cheryl about 45 seconds to figure it out, though.
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Joel sets Denise to work with English songwriter Cheryl Steed, on a song for teen ingenue Kelly Porter (Bridget Fonda). Denise and Cheryl are initially wary of each other, but they bond when they realise that Kelly is secretly in love with her roommate Marion; the resulting song 'My Secret Love' is a hit.
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Joel sets Denise to work with English songwriter Cheryl Steed, on a song for teen ingenue Kelly Porter (Bridget Fonda). Denise and Cheryl are initially wary of each other, but they bond when they realise that Kelly is secretly in love with her roommate Marion; far more complex and interesting than they thought; the resulting song 'My Secret Love' is a hit.
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* MoodWhiplash: Denise comes home after discovering that Kelly's in love with her roommate.
-->'''Denise''': [''in great good humour''] Hey, Howard! Kelly Porter. Boy, she's not the square we thought she was.\\
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-->'''Denise''': [''in great good humour''] Hey, Howard! Kelly Porter. Boy, she's not the square we thought she was.\\
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* BrutalHonesty: One of the big clues Denise and Cheryl get that Kelly isn't heterosexual is when she displays this about "dreamboat" Johnny Crawford, who gave her a puppy for her birthday. Denise and Cheryl go on about what a dreamboat he is.
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* BrutalHonesty: One of the big clues Denise and Cheryl get that Kelly isn't heterosexual is when they're trying to get to know her and she displays this about "dreamboat" Johnny Crawford, who gave her a puppy for her birthday. After Denise and Cheryl go on about what a dreamboat how good-looking he is.is:
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* BrutalHonesty: One of the big clues Denise and Cheryl get that Kelly isn't heterosexual is when she displays this about handsome Johnny Crawford, who gave her a puppy for her birthday. Denise and Cheryl go on about what a dreamboat he is.
-->'''Kelly''': He's very nice. ...He sweats a lot.
-->'''Kelly''': He's very nice. ...He sweats a lot.
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* BrutalHonesty: One of the big clues Denise and Cheryl get that Kelly isn't heterosexual is when she displays this about handsome "dreamboat" Johnny Crawford, who gave her a puppy for her birthday. Denise and Cheryl go on about what a dreamboat he is.
-->'''Kelly''': He's verynice. ...He nice...he sweats a lot.
-->'''Kelly''': He's very
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-->'''Kelly''': He's very nice. ...He sweats a lot.
-->'''Kelly''': He's very nice. ...He sweats a lot.
