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3	->''"SHELDON!!!"''
4	-->-- '''Sheldon's mother'''
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6	''New York Stories'' is a 1989 AnthologyFilm that consists of three shorts set in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, each directed by a prominent New York-based filmmaker.
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8	The parts are:
9	* "Life Lessons" by Creator/MartinScorsese: A painter (Creator/NickNolte) struggles with a creative block and with his difficult relationship with his ex (Creator/RosannaArquette), who's still living with him.
10	* "Life Without Zoë" by Creator/FrancisFordCoppola: A schoolgirl (Creator/HeatherMcComb) who lives in a luxury hotel tries to reconcile her estranged parents (Creator/TaliaShire and Creator/GiancarloGiannini).
11	* "Oedipus Wrecks" by Creator/WoodyAllen: A middle-aged lawyer (Allen) has an overbearing mother (Mae Questel) who ends up as [[ItMakesSenseInContext a giant face in the sky]], which strains his relationship with his fiancée (Creator/MiaFarrow).
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14	!! This film provides examples of:
15	* BigApplesauce: It's in the title. All three films show the artistic side of the city.
16	* GreenEyedMonster: Lionel likes to force himself in these relationships to help his art.
17	* JewishMother: Sheldon's mother alternates between kvetching at him about everything, embarrassing him by telling everyone about his childhood bedwetting, and being very critical of his gentile divorcee girlfriend. He feels genuinely relieved when she disappears during a magic act. Then she reappears in the sky over New York, doing the exact same thing except now literally everyone in the city can see or hear her. She only returns to human form once Sheldon has been dumped by his gentile girlfriend and he introduces his mother to his new Jewish girlfriend, who similarly nags and controls him.
18	* MagicRealism: "Oedipus Wrecks" is the only of the three stories that features a small fantasy element: After vanishing in a stage magician act, Sheldon's mother appears as a giant face in the sky of New York.
19	* MuseAbuse: Lionel derives his artistic energy from the "Life Lessons" with his assistants. He's looking to do the same thing with different assistant at the end of the story.
20	* MyBelovedSmother: Sheldon's mother, who doesn't approve of his ShiksaGoddess fiance. She becomes an AmazinglyEmbarrassingParent when she looms high in the sky, getting all of New York involved in her complaints.
21	* ShiksaGoddess: Sheldon's fiancée Lisa, whom his mother does not approve of.
22	* ShipperOnDeck: Sheldon's mother definitely approves of Treva, who makes food as bland as her, and returns to normal after Sheldon hooks up with her. It's hinted the entire thing was her BatmanGambit to get Sheldon to be interested in her pick of partner.

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