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Some Like It Hot

Billy Wilder · 1959 CE · Film · Modern / American · Contemporary

Two Chicago musicians who witness a garage full of bodies on St Valentine's Day get out of town in wigs and heels with an all-female band bound for Florida. One falls for the singer and invents a millionaire to court her with; the other is courted in earnest by a real one. Released without a Production Code seal, its success helped make the Code unenforceable, and its reputation as the funniest American comedy has held.

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Attributes

Genre
ComedyRomanceCrime / Noir
Theme
Identity & SelfLoveAppearance vs RealityTemptation
Archetype (Jung / Campbell)
TricksterLoverShapeshifter
Plot structure
Mistaken IdentityThe ChaseComic Resolution
Symbol / motif
The GarmentThe MaskThe Train
Conflict
vs Personvs Self
Mode / tone
ComicIronicSatirical
Culture / tradition
Modern / American

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