Deconstructing Harry: Difference between revisions

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"Look at this guy! You created me, now you doesn't recognize me?" }}

 

* [[Actor Allusion]]: Judy Davis' character (Lucy) is dealing with a broken marriage and being jilted for a younger woman; the same fate she suffered in Allen's ''[[Husbands and Wives]]'' a few years earlier.

* [[Affably Evil]]: {{spoiler|the Devil.}}

* [[Author Avatar]]: To some degreee, each and every main character from Harry's stories resembles him.

* [[Brick Joke]]: One of Harry's (perhaps unfinished) short stories deals with an actor (Mel) going out of focus as he's shooting what appears to be a TV commercial. Later on, {{spoiler|the same thing happens to Harry, in lieu of a panic attack.}}

* [[The Cameo]]: [[Robin Williams]] as the out-of-focus actor, Tobey Maguire as a young [[Author Avatar]],

* [[Canon Sue]]: In-universe: "Ken", the main character in Harry's last novel, comes off as a charming, laidback guy, all too happy to explain what went wrong in Harry's life. He's right every time.

'''Ken''': "Well... I'm just you. Thinly disguised. You gave me a little more maturity. And a different name." }}

* [[Critical Psychoanalysis Failure]]: Joan might have needed a lot of help after {{spoiler|being cheated on with one of her patients}} and getting divorced; we know she [[Punctuated for Emphasis|didn't]] [[Cluster F-Bomb|take it well]].

* [[Sidekick]]: Harry's friend and colleague Richard.

* [[Unproblematic Prostitution]]: Played with: Cookie comes off as a self-assured, reasonably content sex worker, who acceps Harry's offer of {{spoiler|money in exchange for accompanying him to his old college}} even if she met him a couple hours before (and therefore has no idea whether he could posit a danger to her). She's also treated far more nicely than any other female character in-universe.

* [[Villainous BSOD]]: Once the group arrive at Harry's alma mater, {{spoiler|they find out his friend Richard - who they thought was simply dozing off - has died in his sleep, presumably of a heart attack; Harry panics and briefly goes out of focus.}}

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Happens at least twice, with characters from Harry's stories ("Ken" and "Helen", the latter being a mix between his ex-wife and his sister) lecturing him on the mistakes he made in his personal life.

* [[Write Who You Know]]: With almost no exception, Harry's characters are thinly-veiled versions of people he knows; considering in real life he's a bit of a [[Magnificent Bastard]], every time he's got a new novel out, at least one of his personal relationships goes ''very'' sour.

** Even he occasionally can't tell the difference between real life and fiction.

'''Lucy''': "''Lucy''. I'm Lucy, motherfucker. ''Not'' Leslie." }}

* [[Your Cheating Heart]]: In his own words, Harry's cheated on each and every one of his wives.