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'''April Wheeler:''' You don't have to. |
'''April Wheeler:''' You don't have to. |
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'''Frank Wheeler:''' Bullshit! I'm not happy about it. But I have the backbone not to run away from my responsibilities! |
'''Frank Wheeler:''' Bullshit! I'm not happy about it. But I have the backbone not to run away from my responsibilities! |
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'''April Wheeler:''' It takes backbone to lead the life you want, Frank. |
'''April Wheeler:''' It takes backbone to lead the life you want, Frank.}} |
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Once upon a time, two clean-cut American kids named Frank and April met, fell in love, and got married. They settled down in a Connecticut suburb near New York on Revolutionary Road and all lived happily ever after, right? |
Once upon a time, two clean-cut American kids named Frank and April met, fell in love, and got married. They settled down in a Connecticut suburb near New York on Revolutionary Road and all lived happily ever after, right? |
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* [[Alternative Character Interpretation]]: Too many to mention. Lets just say that there are many different opinions on Frank and April as people and the merits of their actions |
* [[Alternative Character Interpretation]]: Too many to mention. Lets just say that there are many different opinions on Frank and April as people and the merits of their actions. |
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* [[Death by Childbirth]]: {{spoiler|April, although it's more like "death-by-attempted-abortion"}} |
* [[Death by Childbirth]]: {{spoiler|April, although it's more like "death-by-attempted-abortion"}}. |
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* [[Downer Ending]]: {{spoiler|April dies giving herself an abortion and Frank goes on to live unhappily ever after. Their unhappiness even affects their neighbors.}} |
* [[Downer Ending]]: {{spoiler|April dies giving herself an abortion and Frank goes on to live unhappily ever after. Their unhappiness even affects their neighbors.}} |
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* [[Exiled to the Couch]]: April puts herself there, and Frank is less and less affected. |
* [[Exiled to the Couch]]: April puts herself there, and Frank is less and less affected. |
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* [[Smoking Is Glamorous]]: Gradually deconstructed over the course of the movie. |
* [[Smoking Is Glamorous]]: Gradually deconstructed over the course of the movie. |
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* [[Stepford Suburbia]] |
* [[Stepford Suburbia]] |
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* [[Wall-Bang Her]]: Frank and April's sex scene in the kitchen, even though it's more against the |
* [[Wall-Bang Her]]: Frank and April's sex scene in the kitchen, even though it's more against the counter-top and cabinets rather than a wall. |
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