Roxanne
Not your average romantic comedy, Roxanne (a remake of Cyrano de Bergerac) tells the story of C.D. "Charlie" Bales (Steve Martin), the long-nosed fire chief of a small quirky town and Roxanne Kowalski (Daryl Hannah), a visiting astronomy student. Bales, in love with Roxanne from the start but violently self-conscious about his schnozz, settles for helping a handsome but ditzy fireman woo her. The results are predictable, if you know the story, but the humor surrounding the town and C.D.'s nose set the movie apart.
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Not to be confused with the song of the same name by The Police.
Tropes used in Roxanne include:
- The Ace: CD, although his insecurity about his nose still hinders his ability to pursue women.
- As You Know: The film explains why CD can't get a nose job in an early scene where a plastic surgeon reminds him, as if for the hundredth time, that he's allergic to anesthetic.
- Berserk Button: Uh, yeah. The whole nose thing.
- Brainless Beauty / The Ditz: Chris.
- Earpiece Conversation
- Gag Nose: Obviously.
- Ignore the Disability: Roxanne: "Would you like a little wine with your nose?" and others.
- Long List: The 20 (actually 26) nose jokes C.D. tells in the bar.
- Loves My Alter Ego
- Naked People Trapped Outside: Roxanne gets locked out of her house, and the towel gets caught in the door.
- Offhand Backhand: C.D., after the Long List of jokes, does this to level the Jerkass who insulted him.
- Playing Cyrano
- Self-Deprecation: When yokels make fun of CD's nose, he shows them how much better he can do it himself.
- Setting Update Of Cyrano de Bergerac.
- Sitting on the Roof: CD, along with a pudgy kid in one scene.
- Stood Up: "I met somebody else and she's real great too..."
- Unfortunate Names: