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* JustHereForGodzilla: The filmmakers hoped that some viewers would be drawn to the film just to see Creator/LanaTurner's wardrobe.

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* AwardSnub: The relatively unknown Juanita Moore was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress UsefulNotes/AcademyAward, but lost out to Creator/ShelleyWinters in Film/TheDiaryOfAnneFrank (which also tackled the topic of prejudice but with a less contemporary subject matter).

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The relatively unknown Juanita Moore was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress UsefulNotes/AcademyAward, but lost out to Creator/ShelleyWinters in Film/TheDiaryOfAnneFrank (which also tackled the topic of prejudice but with a less contemporary subject matter).
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** The film did win a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress - but it was not Juanita Moore but Susan Kohner, widely viewed as the weak link of the cast, who received the honor.

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** The film did win a Golden Globe UsefulNotes/GoldenGlobeAward for Best Supporting Actress - but it was not Juanita Moore but Susan Kohner, widely viewed as the weak link of the cast, who received the honor.

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* AwardSnub: The relatively unknown Juanita Moore was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress UsefulNotes/AcademyAward, but lost out.

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* AwardSnub: The relatively unknown Juanita Moore was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress UsefulNotes/AcademyAward, but lost out.out to Creator/ShelleyWinters in Film/TheDiaryOfAnneFrank (which also tackled the topic of prejudice but with a less contemporary subject matter).
** The film did win a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress - but it was not Juanita Moore but Susan Kohner, widely viewed as the weak link of the cast, who received the honor.
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** The opposite is true for modern day viewers, many of whom could care less about Lana's wardrobe (although it might count as a plus for some) and are more interested in the B-plot concerning Sarah Jane and Annie, as the subject matter was rarely taken on in films of the period.
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* ActorAllusion: Lora is ecstatic when she learns that Italian director Amerigo Felluci wants her for the part of Rena in a film called "No More Laughter," telling Steve it's "only the best part since Scarlett O'Hara" in Film/GoneWithTheWind. Lana Turner was briefly a frontrunner for Scarlett and famously screen-tested with Creator/MelvynDouglas before being taken out of the running because David O'Selznick deemed her "too young to have a grasp of the part" (making this even more meta is that the following decade, Lana was the leading contender for the title role in Literature/ForeverAmber - which was widely thought of as "the best part since Scarlett O'Hara" for the 1940's and with the search for the actress to play Amber St. Clair mirroring the famous "Search for Scarlett O'Hara" auditions).

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* ActorAllusion: Lora is ecstatic when she learns that Italian director Amerigo Felluci wants her for the part of Rena in a film called "No More Laughter," telling Steve it's "only the best part since Scarlett O'Hara" in Film/GoneWithTheWind. Lana Turner was briefly a frontrunner for Scarlett and famously screen-tested with Creator/MelvynDouglas before being taken out of the running because David O'Selznick deemed her "too young to have a grasp of the part" (making this even more meta is that the following decade, Lana was the leading contender for the title role in Literature/ForeverAmber - which was widely thought of as "the best part since Scarlett O'Hara" for the 1940's and with the search for the actress to play Amber St. Clair mirroring the famous "Search for Scarlett O'Hara" auditions).auditions - this time losing out to Creator/LindaDarnell).
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* ActorAllusion: Lora is ecstatic when she learns that Italian director Amerigo Felluci wants her for the part of Rena in a film called "No More Laughter," telling Steve it's "only the best part since Scarlett O'Hara" in Film/GoneWithTheWind. Lana Turner was briefly a frontrunner for Scarlett and famously screen-tested with Creator/MelvynDouglas before being taken out of the running because David O'Selznick deemed her "too young to have a grasp of the part" (making this even more meta is that the following decade, Lana was the leading contender for the title role in Literature/ForeverAmber - which was widely thought of as "the best part since Scarlett O'Hara" with the search for the actress to play Amber St. Clair mirroring the famous "Search for Scarlett O'Hara" auditions).

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* ActorAllusion: Lora is ecstatic when she learns that Italian director Amerigo Felluci wants her for the part of Rena in a film called "No More Laughter," telling Steve it's "only the best part since Scarlett O'Hara" in Film/GoneWithTheWind. Lana Turner was briefly a frontrunner for Scarlett and famously screen-tested with Creator/MelvynDouglas before being taken out of the running because David O'Selznick deemed her "too young to have a grasp of the part" (making this even more meta is that the following decade, Lana was the leading contender for the title role in Literature/ForeverAmber - which was widely thought of as "the best part since Scarlett O'Hara" for the 1940's and with the search for the actress to play Amber St. Clair mirroring the famous "Search for Scarlett O'Hara" auditions).
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* ActorAllusion: Lora is ecstatic when she learns that Italian director Amerigo Felluci wants her for the part of Rena in a film called "No More Laughter," telling Steve it's "only the best part since Scarlett O'Hara" in Film/GoneWithTheWind. Lana Turner was briefly a frontrunner for Scarlett and famously screen-tested with Creator/MelvynDouglas before being taken out of the running because David O'Selznick deemed her "too young to have a grasp of the part" (making this even more meta is that the following decade, Lana was the leading contender for the lead role in Literature/ForeverAmber - which was widely thought of as "the best part since Scarlett O'Hara" with the search for the actress to play Amber St. Clair mirroring the famous "Search for Scarlett O'Hara" auditions).

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* ActorAllusion: Lora is ecstatic when she learns that Italian director Amerigo Felluci wants her for the part of Rena in a film called "No More Laughter," telling Steve it's "only the best part since Scarlett O'Hara" in Film/GoneWithTheWind. Lana Turner was briefly a frontrunner for Scarlett and famously screen-tested with Creator/MelvynDouglas before being taken out of the running because David O'Selznick deemed her "too young to have a grasp of the part" (making this even more meta is that the following decade, Lana was the leading contender for the lead title role in Literature/ForeverAmber - which was widely thought of as "the best part since Scarlett O'Hara" with the search for the actress to play Amber St. Clair mirroring the famous "Search for Scarlett O'Hara" auditions).
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* ActorAllusion: Lora is ecstatic when she learns that Italian director Amerigo Felluci wants her for the part of Rena in a film called "No More Laughter," telling Steve it's "only the best part since Scarlett O'Hara" in Film/GoneWithTheWind. Lana Turner was briefly a frontrunner for Scarlett and famously screen-tested with Creator/MelvynDouglas before being taken out of the running because David O'Selznick deemed her "too young to have a grasp of the part" (making this even more meta is that the following decade, Lana was the leading contender for the lead role in Literature/ForeverAmber - which was widely thought of as "the best part since Scarlett O'Hara" with the search for the actress to play Amber St. Clair mirroring the famous "Search for Scarlett O'Hara" auditions).

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* QuestionableCasting: Although the film has been VindicatedByHistory, Susan Kohner's casting is seen less favorably. Even though she's playing a light-skinned black girl, she was only part Mexican - in contrast to Fredi Washington who had played her in the 1934 version. AbilityOverAppearance doesn't come into play - as she's considered one of the weaker cast members.



* WTHCastingAgency: Although the film has been VindicatedByHistory, Susan Kohner's casting is seen less favorably. Even though she's playing a light-skinned black girl, she was only part Mexican - in contrast to Fredi Washington who had played her in the 1934 version. AbilityOverAppearance doesn't come into play - as she's considered one of the weaker cast members.

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* WTHCastingAgency: Although the film has been VindicatedByHistory, Susan Kohner's casting is seen less favorably. Even though she's playing a light-skinned black girl, she was only part Mexican - in contrast to Fredi Washington who had played her in the 1934 version. AbilityOverAppearance doesn't come into play - as she's considered one of the weaker cast members.
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There's no suggestion on Lora's part that Steve might be with Susie, since both know he loves Lora instead, her suggestion was merely to break things off with them so he wouldn't cause problems between mother & daughter


* SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments: When Lora finds out about Susie's attraction to Steve, she offers to let the two of them be together. Susie knows her mother well enough to see she's trying to play the martyr and says [[ShutUpHannibal "stop acting, mother!]]"

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments: When Lora finds out about Susie's attraction to Steve, she offers to let break things off with him so Susie won't have to spend time with the two of them be together.them. Susie knows her mother well enough to see she's trying to play the martyr and says [[ShutUpHannibal "stop acting, mother!]]"
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Douglas Sirk's name doesn't have an E in it (well, his real name, Detlef Sierck, had three, but his nom de plume didn't), and "big time" is Word Cruft.


* FairForItsDay: Although Annie is in a servile role to Lora for most of the movie, the story essentially treats Annie as the [[DecoyProtagonist true protagonist]] (with Douglas Sirke even cutting down Lora's screen time to emphasise Annie). Annie is a layered character with plenty of depth, and it's emphasised how the household really would be [[TheHeart nothing without her]]. Although Sarah Jane was not played by a black actress (Susan Kohner was mixed white and Latina), her story is a very real and harrowing one.

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* FairForItsDay: Although Annie is in a servile role to Lora for most of the movie, the story essentially treats Annie as the [[DecoyProtagonist true protagonist]] (with Douglas Sirke Sirk even cutting down Lora's screen time to emphasise Annie). Annie is a layered character with plenty of depth, and it's emphasised how the household really would be [[TheHeart nothing without her]]. Although Sarah Jane was not played by a black actress (Susan Kohner was mixed white and Latina), her story is a very real and harrowing one.



* JerkassWoobie: Sarah Jane big time. A fair-skinned black girl who's able to pass for white, she puts her mother through such hardship but she has to go through so much herself. You really should hate her for the scenes where she tries to pretend Annie isn't her mother - but [[BreakTheCutie you can understand her reasons]].

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* JerkassWoobie: Sarah Jane big time.Jane. A fair-skinned black girl who's able to pass for white, she puts her mother through such hardship but she has to go through so much herself. You really should hate her for the scenes where she tries to pretend Annie isn't her mother - but [[BreakTheCutie you can understand her reasons]].
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* AwardSnub: The relatively unknown Juanita Moore was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress award but lost out.

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* AwardSnub: The relatively unknown Juanita Moore was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress award UsefulNotes/AcademyAward, but lost out.



* JustHereForGodzilla: The filmmakers hoped that some viewers would be drawn to the film just to see Lana Turner's wardrobe.

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* JustHereForGodzilla: The filmmakers hoped that some viewers would be drawn to the film just to see Lana Turner's Creator/LanaTurner's wardrobe.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The movie pulls no punches when it comes to various racial issues - namely [[ButNotTooBlack colorism]], the plight of mixed race children, and what harm racism does to families.
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* FairForItsDay: Although Annie is in a servile role to Lora for most of the movie, the story essentially treats Annie as the [[DecoyProtagonist true protagonist]] (with Douglas Sirke even cutting down Lora's screen time to emphasise Annie). Annie is a layered character with plenty of depth, and it's emphasised how the household really would be [[TheHeart nothing without her]]. Although Sarah Jane was not played by an actress of colour (Susan Kohner was part Mexican), her story is a very real and harrowing one.

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* FairForItsDay: Although Annie is in a servile role to Lora for most of the movie, the story essentially treats Annie as the [[DecoyProtagonist true protagonist]] (with Douglas Sirke even cutting down Lora's screen time to emphasise Annie). Annie is a layered character with plenty of depth, and it's emphasised how the household really would be [[TheHeart nothing without her]]. Although Sarah Jane was not played by an a black actress of colour (Susan Kohner was part Mexican), mixed white and Latina), her story is a very real and harrowing one.

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** Subverted with the scene of Lora asking Sarah Jane to help her mother serve food, as it's used to show her as InnocentlyInsensitive. And the following bit of Sarah Jane mimicking an EthnicScrappy is shown to be uncalled for.



* ValuesResonance: The film examines the complexities of mixed race heritage, passing for white and prejudice based on race - in ways that are all very relevant today.

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** The scene of Lora asking Sarah Jane to help her mother serve food is used to show her as InnocentlyInsensitive. And the following bit of Sarah Jane mimicking an EthnicScrappy is shown to be uncalled for.



* WTHCastingAgency: Although the film has been VindicatedByHistory, Susan Kohner's casting is seen less favorably. Even though she's playing a light-skinned black girl, she was only part Mexican - in contrast to Fredi Washington who had played her in the 1934 version. AbilityOverAppearance doesn't come into play - as she's considered one of the weaker cast members.

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* WTHCastingAgency: Although the film has been VindicatedByHistory, Susan Kohner's casting is seen less favorably. Even though she's playing a light-skinned black girl, she was only part Mexican - in contrast to Fredi Washington who had played her in the 1934 version. AbilityOverAppearance doesn't come into play - as she's considered one of the weaker cast members.members.

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* NightmareFuel: When Sarah Jane's boyfriend discovers she's biracial, he savagely beats her up in the alley.

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* NightmareFuel: When Sarah Jane's boyfriend discovers she's biracial, black, he savagely beats her up in the alley.
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* JerkassWoobie: Sarah Jane big time. A biracial girl who's able to pass for white, she puts her mother through such hardship but she has to go through so much herself. You really should hate her for the scenes where she tries to pretend Annie isn't her mother - but [[BreakTheCutie you can understand her reasons]].

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* JerkassWoobie: Sarah Jane big time. A biracial fair-skinned black girl who's able to pass for white, she puts her mother through such hardship but she has to go through so much herself. You really should hate her for the scenes where she tries to pretend Annie isn't her mother - but [[BreakTheCutie you can understand her reasons]].
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* AlternateAesopInterpretation: As suggested [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC7elhmy1-E here]], the updates to the Annie/Sarah Jane story could be a way of contextualising the original - which although a product of its time, did deal with race relations in a way that few films were willing to. Likewise that although the previous generation of African-Americans had to work as maids or in menial labor, they still worked hard to provide opportunities for their children that they didn't have. This includes the likes of Hattie [=McDaniel=] - who may have been typecast as a {{Mammy}} but was still the first African-American to win the Oscar.


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* {{Fanon}}: There are hints that Sarah Jane could also be a prostitute when she's living in LA. There's nothing definite in the movie, but after work she and another girl are being picked up to go out somewhere. It could just be a night out with the girls but [[HighClassCallGirl perhaps they're being used as escorts to higher up people]].


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* ParanoiaFuel: Annie soon discovers that Sarah Jane is lying about what job she has - saying she's in a library when really it's a seedy nightclub. It's bound to hit home for parents who worry about their children living far away from home.
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** Some of the DontYouDieOnMe on Lora's part during [[spoiler: Annie's death scene]] ruins some of the drama.

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* GirlShowGhetto: Due to its focus on the love life of a mother and daughter, the film has often found itself pigeonholed as a "women's film" - and many modern commentators like to point out the film's social and historical context outside of Lora's storyline.

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* GirlShowGhetto: Due to its focus on the love life of a mother and daughter, the film has often found itself pigeonholed as a "women's film" - and many modern commentators like to point out the film's social and historical context outside of Lora's storyline. A lot of Douglas Sirk's melodramas were mocked for appealing to female audiences of the day.



* JustHereForGodzilla: The filmmakers hoped that some viewers would be drawn to the film just to see Lana Turner's wardrobe.



* StrangledByTheRedString: Steve and Lora have had two dates before he asks her to choose between [[CareerVersusMan him and her acting]]. They don't see each other for ten years and then act as if they were great lovers when they see each other again.

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* StrangledByTheRedString: Steve and Lora have had two dates before he asks her to choose between [[CareerVersusMan him and her acting]]. They don't see each other for ten years and then act as if they were great lovers when they see each other again. This is a product of the adaptation, where Steve is introduced earlier (while Susie and Sarah Jane are children).



* VindicatedByHistory: Considered a forgettable melodrama by critics upon its release, these days it's praised for being daring enough to tackle racial dynamics at the time. Around the time ''Film/TheHelp'' was released, it was even compared more favorably against that.

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* VindicatedByHistory: Considered a forgettable melodrama by critics upon its release, these days it's praised for being daring enough to tackle racial dynamics at the time. Around the time ''Film/TheHelp'' was released, it was even compared more favorably against that.that.
* WTHCastingAgency: Although the film has been VindicatedByHistory, Susan Kohner's casting is seen less favorably. Even though she's playing a light-skinned black girl, she was only part Mexican - in contrast to Fredi Washington who had played her in the 1934 version. AbilityOverAppearance doesn't come into play - as she's considered one of the weaker cast members.

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments: When Lora finds out about Susie's attraction to Steve, she offers to let the two of them be together. Susie knows her mother well enough to see she's trying to play the martyr and says [[ShutUpHannibal "stop acting, mother!]]"



* StrangledByTheRedString: Steve and Lora have had two dates before he asks her to choose between [[CareerVersusMan

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* StrangledByTheRedString: Steve and Lora have had two dates before he asks her to choose between [[CareerVersusMan him and her acting]]. They don't see each other for ten years and then act as if they were great lovers when they see each other again.

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* CriticProof: Critics trashed the movie for being soapy and melodramatic, but it was the fourth highest grossing film of the year - and made three times its budget back.
* FairForItsDay: Although Annie is in a servile role to Lora for most of the movie, the story essentially treats Annie as the [[DecoyProtagonist true protagonist]] (with Douglas Sirke even cutting down Lora's screen time to emphasise Annie). Annie is a layered character with plenty of depth, and it's emphasised how the household really would be [[TheHeart nothing without her]]. Although Sarah Jane was not played by an actress of colour (Susan Kohner was part Mexican), her story is a very real and harrowing one.
* GirlShowGhetto: Due to its focus on the love life of a mother and daughter, the film has often found itself pigeonholed as a "women's film" - and many modern commentators like to point out the film's social and historical context outside of Lora's storyline.
* HilariousInHindsight: The boy who beats Sarah Jane up? The next year he'd get his big break in ''A Summer Place'' playing the love interest of...Sandra Dee, who plays Sarah Jane's sister. Makes Susie's statements that she'll get over Steve darkly hilarious.



* JerkassWoobie: Sarah Jane big time. A biracial girl who's able to pass for white, she puts her mother through such hardship but she has to go through so much herself.

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* JerkassWoobie: Sarah Jane big time. A biracial girl who's able to pass for white, she puts her mother through such hardship but she has to go through so much herself. You really should hate her for the scenes where she tries to pretend Annie isn't her mother - but [[BreakTheCutie you can understand her reasons]].



** Some of the DontYouDareDieOnMe on Lora's part during [[spoiler: Annie's death scene]] ruins some of the drama.

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** Some of the DontYouDareDieOnMe DontYouDieOnMe on Lora's part during [[spoiler: Annie's death scene]] ruins some of the drama.



* OneSceneWonder: Troy Donahue as Sarah Jane's boyfriend who [[WouldHitAGirl does not take her real race nicely]].
* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The movie pulls no punches when it comes to various racial issues - namely [[ButNotTooBlack colorism]], the plight of mixed race children, and what harm racism does to families.
* StrangledByTheRedString: Steve and Lora have had two dates before he asks her to choose between [[CareerVersusMan



* VanillaProtagonist: It's not that Lora is dull; it's just that her arc of juggling Broadway success with family pales in comparison to the more interesting stuff involving Annie and Sarah Jane.

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* VanillaProtagonist: It's not that Lora is dull; it's just that her arc of juggling Broadway success with family pales in comparison to the more interesting stuff involving Annie and Sarah Jane.Jane.
* VindicatedByHistory: Considered a forgettable melodrama by critics upon its release, these days it's praised for being daring enough to tackle racial dynamics at the time. Around the time ''Film/TheHelp'' was released, it was even compared more favorably against that.
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* AwardSnub: The relatively unknown Juanita Moore was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress award but lost out.
* IronWoobie: Annie takes so much shit from her own daughter based off her race but she just does her best to live her life.
* JerkassWoobie: Sarah Jane big time. A biracial girl who's able to pass for white, she puts her mother through such hardship but she has to go through so much herself.
* {{Narm}}:
** The Susie/Steve stuff seems like a PrecociousCrush at first, only for the movie to act as if they were in a LoveTriangle and then drop it altogether. The switch in subject matter can be quite jarring.
** Some of the DontYouDareDieOnMe on Lora's part during [[spoiler: Annie's death scene]] ruins some of the drama.
* NarmCharm: [[spoiler: Sarah Jane running into her mother's funeral and crying at the casket]] - melodramatic yes but still quite tragic.
* NightmareFuel: When Sarah Jane's boyfriend discovers she's biracial, he savagely beats her up in the alley.
* TearJerker:
** Annie discovers that Sarah Jane has been passing when she arrives at school to drop something off - and Sarah Jane tries to hide behind a book.
** Sarah Jane imitating an EthnicScrappy when Lora has guests. Annie overhears the whole thing, and even Sarah Jane [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness seems to realise she went too far]].
** To say nothing of Annie and Sarah Jane's final scene together. Annie pretty much gives up and lets her daughter live with her choice, and when a colleague of hers comes to the room she just pretends she's an old friend rather than her mother. The colleague assumes Annie was Sarah Jane's {{Mammy}}.
* TrappedByMountainLions: The subplot of Susie developing a crush on Steve and being heartbroken when he and Lora decide to get together is ultimately proved to be pointless - since when Susie and Lora clash, mother and daughter instead argue about how distant Lora has been over the years. Susie even casually says "I'll get over Steve", and the entire plot point is dropped. Notably it was much more prominent in the book [[spoiler: where Steve and the daughter ended up together]].
* ValuesDissonance:
** The casual way the movie treats Loomis [[CastingCouch making advances on Lora]]. While him propositioning her in the first place is shown as a horrible moment for her, it's forgotten as soon as Lora gets auditions.
** Steve also tries to control Lora's career decisions which isn't necessarily portrayed as right - but it's hard to imagine such traits being used by a character who's supposed to be sympathetic today.
** Subverted with the scene of Lora asking Sarah Jane to help her mother serve food, as it's used to show her as InnocentlyInsensitive. And the following bit of Sarah Jane mimicking an EthnicScrappy is shown to be uncalled for.
** A grown man taking a teenage girl on various dates - even if it's at the wishes of the girl's mother - would look highly suggestive today. Steve is oblivious to Susie's crush on him, not realising the signals he's sending.
* ValuesResonance: The film examines the complexities of mixed race heritage, passing for white and prejudice based on race - in ways that are all very relevant today.
* VanillaProtagonist: It's not that Lora is dull; it's just that her arc of juggling Broadway success with family pales in comparison to the more interesting stuff involving Annie and Sarah Jane.

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