Second degree and Woody Allen's Manhattan
Let’s leave Woody Allen’s lovelife to another post- here we’re looking at the concept of irony, sarcasm and first/second degree.
Here’s the entire script of the film/movie
http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/m/manhattan-script-transcript-woody-allen.html
Here’s the first 4 minutes
Is he serious? or is it second degree?
I think he makes some good points is completely wrong
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Too corny too hackneyed too clichéd
Self aware (Manhattan is a cliché)
The city of love
London? Fog big bus taxi rain bad food
Song make it there,
It’s a metaphor for too preachy
Preach
Son of a preacherman
“The coiled sexual power of a jungle cat”
Panther, jaguar lion, latent power
Intoxicated by his own ideas
The music is serving the story but also undercutting the message
Film stars, rock stars, Elvis Costello, Iggy Pop, Shane MacGowan, Mick Jagger
and the script
Manhattan Script
"Chapter one. "
"He adored New York City.
He idolised it all out of proportion. "
Uh, no. Make that "He romanticised it
all out of proportion. "
"To him,
no matter what the season was,
this was still a town
that existed in black and white
and pulsated to the great tunes
of George Gershwin. "
Uh... no. Let me start this over.
"Chapter one. "
"He was too romantic about Manhattan,
as he was about everything else. "
"He thrived on the hustle, bustle
of the crowds and the traffic. "
"To him, New York
meant beautiful women
and street-smart guys
who seemed to know all the angles. "
Ah, corny. Too corny
for a man of my taste.
Let me... try and make it more profound.
"Chapter one. He adored New York City. "
"To him, it was a metaphor
for the decay of contemporary culture. "
"The same lack of integrity to cause so
many people to take the easy way out...
... was rapidly turning the town
of his dreams..."
No, it's gonna be too preachy. I mean,
face it, I wanna sell some books here.
"Chapter one. He adored New York City,
although to him it was a metaphor
for the decay of contemporary culture. "
"How hard it was to exist in a society
desensitised by drugs, loud music,
television, crime, garbage..."
Too angry. I don't wanna be angry.
"Chapter one. "
"He was as tough and romantic
as the city he loved. "
"Behind his black-rimmed glasses was
the coiled sexual power of a jungle cat. "
I love this.
"New York was his town
and it always would be. "