Intro
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There is just something sexy about bad boys. Maybe it’s because we always want what we can’t have, and bad boys are better at playing hard to get than nice guys. Michael Cera doesn’t usually play the bad boy. Instead, in films like Juno, he plays sweet, awkward guys who struggle to get the girl of their dreams. But in his latest movie, Youth in Revolt, he plays a sweet guy with a bad boy alter ego. Find out how Marni and Mason feel about Michael Cera’s wild side.
Dialog
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Mason: Youth in Revolt, it’s kind of a…it’s an appropriate title given that it’s a definite break for Michael Cera trying to be a little bit more than the emo whiny kid. I mean, he starts as the emo whiny kid but then he gets to have this alter ego. And I think he pulled it off alright.
Marni: You think so?
Mason: Yeah.
Marni: So, I haven’t seen it, but my understanding is that he is this kinda nerdy kid, can’t really get the girl he wants, and so he develops this alter ego, this playboy named…what, does he have a fancy Italian name or something? Sure. Something that every dream girl would love.
Mason: Right. It’s the bad boy name. ‘Cause I think all the girls, at least the 18-year-old girls, they want the bad boy. So he realizes that and just kinda goes with it, but it gets away from it a little bit.
Marni: As it always does in romantic comedies.
Mason: Right. It’s Fight Club. It’s high school Fight Club, is what this is.
Marni: Interesting.
Mason: But with…trying to get the girl with the crazy alter ego, instead of that being a happenstance.
Marni: So, have you ever done anything crazy to get a girl?
Mason: Not funny crazy. I practically like ruined one of my best friendships to get with a girl.
Marni: Ah, that’s pretty classic, huh?
Mason: Yeah. But nothing you would make a movie with Michael Cera about, no.
Marni: Ah.
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Discussion
Mason saw Youth in Revolt. He thought Michael Cera did a good job playing a sweet guy with a bad boy alter ego. In the film, Cera’s alter ego is a dangerous, seductive foreigner named Francois Dillinger. Mason and Marni agree that girls are often attracted to bad boys, especially when they are young.
Developing an alter ego is a pretty extreme thing to do just to get a girl to like you. Marni asks Mason if he’s ever done anything crazy to get a girl. Mason almost ruined a close friendship over a girl. But he doesn’t think that story would make a very funny movie.
What is the craziest thing you’ve ever done to get someone to like you? Why do you think some girls find bad boys attractive?
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Yeah yeah….sometimes we really need to be slightly naughty, if you are quiet and nerdy, good at school, girls wouldn’t love you, believe me :D I don’t get the idea why the girls always like bad boy, yeah mostly, mostly girls like bad boy. They think bad boy more attractive and cool, easy going and love to have fun, loyal maybe….. |
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