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This 7 page report discusses filmmaker Woody Allen and the public discourse related to his relationship with Soon-Yi Previn, his movies, and the public perception of him. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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religion) and the ways in which various genres have developed their own form of religious following as well how and why it is funny. Unfortunately, watching it makes the audience
remember the "old" Woody Allen -- before scandal and marriage to his "step-daughter," Soon-Yi Previn. The end result is one in which a member of the audience finds her/himself thinking
. . . "sorry Woody, too little, too late." Ironically, one of his best movies, "Manhattan" (1979), seems to have been predictive of his experiences with a very
young woman -- albeit not his adopted daughter! Isaac (Woody Allen) has been divorced by Jill (Meryl Streep) who is now living in a lesbian relationship. Isaac is dating
Tracy (Muriel Hemingway) who is 17. But he is intrigued and often annoyed by Mary (Diane Keaton) who is having an affair with Isaacs best friend, Yale (Michael Murphy),
who is married. In typical Woody Allen fashion, convoluted relationships are the norm for complicated and self-absorbed people. certainly. Woody Allen, now 66, himself serves as one of the
most accurate examples of that particular statement. Romantic Comedy? In his movies, Woody Allen has almost always made a point of detailing the undeniable connection that exists between the foibles
of falling in and out of love, regardless of the unreal circumstances in which that falling in love takes place. In his movies, that ability serves as the means for
creating an atmosphere in which a person in the audience will inwardly sigh with the memory or hope of similar experiences. The best of Woody Allens movies capture that
duality and rather gently makes fun of it. "Proffering visual versions of condensation, displacement, and indirect representation, Allen devises in Annie Hall a visual humor of great intelligence, originality, and
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