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American Beauty (Unknown (Having a midlife crisis and feels like a loser…
American Beauty
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"Both my wife and daughter think I'm this gigantic loser, and they're right."
He's not happy with how his life is. He is trapped in a bad marriage, his daughter hates him and he gets treated with no respect by colleagues as well as his own family.
He tries to claim his life back and get his life together by exercising, smoking weed, and standing up for himself so he gets the respect he believes he deserves.
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His inappropriate attraction to his daughter's best friend makes him realise he isn't living his life to the fullest. It reminds him of being young and carefree which is the opposite of what he was in the beginning.
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‘The Seeker’ by The Who. Lester's power song. Searching for happiness and how to get his life back together.
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Felling upset with the tension that's building at home, which is between her parents.
In a relationship with her neighbor next door, Ricky, and finds her independence with him. They later planned to move away.
"I need a father who's a role model, not some horny geek-boy who's gonna spray his shorts every time I bring a girlfriend home from school."
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Lester's wife, a real estate agent.
Being discontented with Lester as he is lack of career success, and especially his recent change.
Her relationship with Buddy was later discovered by Lester. She even planned to murder her husband, however this didn't really happen.
She then cheated on Lester as she sleeps with another real estate agent named Buddy Kane. However, the relationship between her and Buddy is based on her "revenge" to Lester and is also lack of emotional connection.
"I will sell this house today..." She feels like if she sells the house then she accomplished something even though her life is falling apart.
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Angela talks often about her physical beauty and her sexual experience, in order to impress others, so people would like her.
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She fears to be ordinary, she always wanted to impress others.
She gets jealous of the relation between Rickey and her best friend, Jane. Because she could find anyone that favors her "beauty", while Jane is liked by Rickey.
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Quite similar to Lester because he also feels like he had to ignore his real self of being gay in order to fit in and be accepted by society.
He is self loathing because he hates this side of him that makes him appear weak and vulnerable hence he has rage and acts aggressively.
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Misunderstands Lester as gay and kisses him. Lester obviously rejects him despite him opening up to him and showing his vulnerable side. He feels weak and vulnerable and results to killing him because looking at him everyday would be a constant reminder so he'd rather kill these feelings and relieve him of this pain.
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Kind of a weirdo and he knows it. He accepts it, that's why he embraces it unlike Lester and his father who wear a mask and change themselves so they can fit into society.
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