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[['''Paranoid Park]]''' is both a 2006 book by Blake Nelson andadapted aninto a 2007 indie moviefilm directed by Gus Van Sant based on the book. It tells the story of a 16-year-old skateboarder - unnamed in the novel, but given the name Alex for the film - who tries to fit in with the skater crowd and accidentally kills a security guard while trying to board a train. The author has said that the book is a kind of retelling of [[Crime and Punishment]] [[Setting Update|in a young adult fiction setting]]. The novel and film take place in Portland, Oregon, United States.
 
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This show provides examples of:
* [[Adaptational Attractiveness]]: Averted. In the book, Macy is described as pretty, but in the movie she is played by Lauren [[Mc Kinney]]McKinney. AllPretty Iisn'mt the right word gonnafor sayher.
* [[Adults Are Useless]]: The only adults featured are either oblivious to Alex's depression, or, in the Detective's case, pretending to care about him to get him to confess.
* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Jennifer.
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* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: {{spoiler|Alex never gets to confess his crime to anyone, and nothing really changes, but he finds a friend in Macy and starts to develop feelings for her.}}
* [[Break the Cutie]]: Alex.
* [[Can't Get Away Withwith Nuthin']]: Alex is a pretty normal kid who probably never did anything worse than drink a few beers in his life, but the one night he decides to venture to Paranoid Park to hang out with the "streeter" kids, {{spoiler|he ends up accidentally killing a security guard, promptly fucking up his life for good.}}
** Although, technically speaking, {{spoiler|he does get away with it}}
* [[Dawson Casting]]: Notably averted, as with most Gus Van Sant films - all the actors are roughly the same age as their characters.
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