Cruel Intentions Fantasy Theme

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Cruel IntentionsFantasy Theme

• Bobbi Albright

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Background

• Remake of Dangerous Liaisons - 1988
• Released in 1999

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Relevance

• 1999 Releases
• 10 Things I Hate About You
• Down to You
• Shes All That
• R Rating
• Target Audience under 18
• Interracial couple, gay sex, and a girl/girl kiss
  

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Characters

• Greg - homosexual, star quarterback, a friend of
  Annettes family
• Sebastian - wealthy, preps school student, makes
  sex a game
• Annette - paradigm of chastity and virtue

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Fantasy Theme

• Designed to provide insights into the shared
  worldview of groups. Foss pg. 109
• Symbolic Convergence - themes function
  dramatically to connect audiences with messages.

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Residual Message

• Through the characters loyalty to one
• another and ability to humble themselves
• and come to a compromise, director Roger
• Krumble, demonstrates his belief that even
• the most corrupt human beings still have the
• ability to act altruistically when faced with
• human emotions, even though it seems
• impossible.

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1st Theme Loyalty

• Sebastian to Annette
• Greg to Sebastian
• Greg to Annette
• Loyal to love
• Loyal to friendship
• Loyal to self

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2nd Theme Compromise

• Greg with Sebastian
• Sebastian with Annette
• Annette with Sebastian
• Ego for Love

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3rd Theme Altruism

• Other before yourself
• Do the right thing
• Follow heart