Line #21 Film/MightyAphrodite


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3	Creator/WoodyAllen wrote, directed and starred in this 1995 comedy.
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5	When he discovers his adopted son is a [[ChildProdigy genius]], a New York sportswriter (played by Allen) seeks out the boy's birth mother: a prostitute (Creator/MiraSorvino, who won an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for her role).
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8	!! This film provides examples of:
9	* AuthorAvatar: Woody Allen as Lenny, a neurotic Jewish man, as with all of his roles.
10	* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: [[spoiler: The film broadly hints Lenny and Amanda are going to split and end up with new partners. They end up admitting, yes, they really do love each other and remain married.]]
11	* BetterAsFriends: Lenny and the "film" star/prostitute Linda, [[IHaveManyNames She goes by many names]].
12	* BiggerIsBetterInBed: The first thing Linda asks Lenny about Kevin is if he has a big dick.
13	%%* BlackComedy
14	* BrainlessBeauty: Linda, the DumbBlonde prostitute is played by the shapely Mira Sorvino.
15	* TheCassandra:
16	-->'''Lenny:''' Oh for God's sake, you're such a Cassandra!\
17	'''Cassandra:''' I am not "such a Cassandra". I '''am''' Cassandra!
18	* TheDitz: The prostitute and the her DistaffCounterpart that Lenny set her up with, an onion farmer.
19	* DotingParent: Lenny often boasts about his son's intelligence, wondering why the Mother isn't like him.
20	* GreekChorus: An ''actual'' Greek chorus - togas and everything - shows up throughout the film to comment on Lenny's situation. Sometimes Lenny responds to them.
21	* HappyEnding: A WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue montage to the song "When You're Smiling". Even the pimp and his enforcer have one, enjoying the court seats for Knicks games that Lenny promised.
22	* HistoricalInJoke: Many, such as a FunnyBackgroundEvent of Oedipus wandering around with his hands outstretched, bumping into things.
23	-->'''Chorus:''' Look, here's a man who killed his father and slept with his mother.\
24	'''Jocasta:''' I hate to tell you what they call my son in Harlem.
25	* InteractiveNarrator: Lenny converses with the GreekChorus leader (F. Murray Abraham).
26	* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler: Linda has Lenny's child and Lenny doesn't know. Lenny has Linda's child, and Linda doesn't know.]]
27	* KavorkaMan: Lenny, because he was with Linda and Amanda.
28	* LamarckWasRight: Lenny's friends all tell him that his son's natural mother must be a genius because his son is. Linda immediately relieves Lenny of that idea.
29	* MagicRealism: Loads of it. For example, it's foretold Lenny would receive bad news from the blind seer Tiresias at The Acropolis. Tiresias, a blind homeless guy played by Jack Warden, in front of a Greek restaurant called Acropolis.
30	* MeaningfulName: Linda means "pretty" in Spanish. Linda points this out to Lenny.
31	* MyGreatestFailure: Linda reveals giving Max up for adoption was something she never wanted to do, and deeply regrets into being convinced to do it.
32	* NoSocialSkills: Linda gleefully and with no intentional malice calls Lenny a loser, which is the reason she's attracted to him (for some reason), not the only inappropriate remark.
33	-->'''Linda:''' ''(showing Lenny an antique watch)'' See, as the mainspring goes back and forth, the bishop keeps fucking her in the ass!
34	* PenName: Lenny's film star interest has many humourous ones: [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Leslie Wright, Leslie Wales, Leslie St James, Linda Ash, and Judy Cum.]]
35	-->'''Lenny:''' ... '''''Judy Cum'''''?!
36	* PunnyTitle: ''Mighty Aphrodite'', which more than a few reviews stated was "groanworthy".
37	* WouldHitAGirl: The onion farmer/boxer, much to his deep regret.

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