Funset Coolevard

Quotes

1

'I am big, it's the pictures that got small'

Norma

2

'I'm sorry, Mr. Gillis, but I just don't think it's any good. I found it flat and banal.'

Betty

3

'But you can't spell normal without Norma!'

Norma, probably

4

'A dozen press agents working overtime can do terrible things to the human spirit.'

DeMille

5

'Naturally they took it for granted I was to become a great star. So I had ten years of dramatic lessons, diction, dancing.'

Betty

Symbolism

1

Joe's car

Joe's independence

2

The condition of Norma's mansion

The current 'forgotten' state of Norma

3

The swimming pool

Wealth 

4

Max's bald head

The spotlight of fame

5

The chimpanzee

Joe under Norma's control/Norma's pet

Big Ideas

1

How does Betty reveal that she has been victimised by Hollywood

She got a nose job but was still discarded by the film industry

2

Max's choices to fuel Norma's delusions and shield her from reality are a clear example of 

acting out of self interest - he made her a star and cannot let go of this

3

Joe's failed pursuit of wealth as a screenwriter suggests that he is a victim of

the Hollywood dream (I'll allow greed)

4

Norma's efforts to beautify herself after Paramount studios show

The toxic nature of Hollywood/how she is a victim of Hollywood's beauty standards

5

The only greedy people that come out with a win in the film are

The people who repossess Joe's car

Film Techniques

1

Scenes with no music while there is dialogue emphasise

the importance of what is being said

2

The low angle looking up at the media surrounding Joe dead in the pool depicts 

The power and hysteria of celebrity obsession of the era

3

The mis-en-scene showing all of Norma's portraits of herself suggest

Her obsession with self/spotlight/fame

4

While in paramount studios, a mid shot is used to show Norma and what in the scene, highlighting how she is now of no use to the film industry

a microphone

5

Joe getting shot three times symbolises

What a tough sonofabitch he is

Pop Culture

1

LET IT RIP is the motto of what 2000s toy (also had a cartoon)

Beyblades

2

Who is the first character to achieve and PERFECT super saiyan 2 in Dragon Ball Z

Gohan

3

In the Simpsons, Principal Skinner's real name is actually 

Arman Tamzarian

4

The name of the child that The Terminator has to protect in Terminator 2 is

John Connor

5

Who is Anne Hathaway's boss in the top 5 movie of all time 'The Devil Wears Prada'?

Meryl Streep