Fact or Fiction: Hollywood Life Lessons

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Fact or Fiction Hollywood Life Lessons

• An interesting look at the life lessons Hollywood
  provides

Submitted by Bridget Walsh, Resident
Assistant, Colorado State University
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Alcohol Sex BAD IDEA

• Knocked Up
• FACT
• Just like in real life, drinking and having sex
  can lead to some unwanted complications, whether
  its pregnancy, STDs, or emotional distress.

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Party It Up, Youll Be Fine Tomorrow

• Cant Hardly Wait, Harold and Kumar Go to White
  Castle, American Pie
• FICTION
• Unlike what the movies show, there are
  consequences to drinking, whether its an MIP, a
  write-up, or at the very least a hangover

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It Only Takes 1 (maybe 2) People To Save The
World/Day

• 5th Element, Bad Boys, Rush hour, any action
  flick, really
• FICTION
• Its ok to ask for help. No one expects you to
  solve all of your problems and everyone elses
  problems on your own.

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You Will Meet One Person, Fall In Love, And Live
Happily Ever After

• Any romantic movie ever created
• FICTION
• Finding the right person is difficult and takes
  time. When you meet the right person, youll
  know, but theres no use trying to make someone
  who isnt right, into the person for you.

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Love is Tricky/Love Sucks

• Eternal Sunshine, Garden State, A Lot Like Love
• FACT
• Being in love takes work and when its over,
  well, it sucks. But dont worry, life goes on.

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Kids Are Big Responsibilities

• Daddy Day Care, Cheaper by the Dozen, Big Daddy,
  Raising Helen
• FACT
• Taking care of kids is a LOT of work. Theres a
  time to have kids, and college isnt the time.

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If You Start A Musical Number, Everyone Will Know
The Moves And Join In

• Musicals
• FALSE
• Sadly, if you started singing and dancing on the
  plaza, no one may join in. They might call the
  police, though. And the police wouldnt join
  either

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Serial Killers, Freak Accidents, and Supernatural
Phenomenon are all, actually, very common

• Horror Films
• FICTION
• No, death will not hunt you down. No, there
  arent really Vampires or Werewolves.
• RAs, though, are scarier then all of those
  combined.

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If You Are In a Foreign Country, Everyone Will
Speak Perfect English

• James Bond, Austin Powers, The Italian Job, The
  Terminal
• FICTION
• America isnt the center of the world and other
  countries speak different languages.

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• The moral of this story? While movies show great
  examples of what life is really like, you should
  think twice before you believe everything you see.

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Created by Bridget Walsh, Colorado State
University RA