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Boy Called Twist

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Boy Called Twist	label	Boy Called Twist
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Boy Called Twist	comment	A 2004 South-African adaption of Oliver Twist. Directed by Tim Greene, the film reinvents the story of Twist, setting it in modern-day Cape Town, South Africa. Jarrid Geduld portrays Twist, a street-kid who comes to seek his fortune in Cape Town and is drawn into a world of crime while battling to find his way and start an honest life.
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Boy Called Twist / int_1235f055	type	Dirty Coward
Boy Called Twist / int_1235f055	comment	Dirty Coward: Noah.
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Boy Called Twist / int_12dc4d97	type	Greedy Jew
Boy Called Twist / int_12dc4d97	comment	Greedy Jew: Averted; Fagin is now portrayed as an Ethiopian Rastafarian.
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Boy Called Twist / int_17501df2	type	Cool Old Guy
Boy Called Twist / int_17501df2	comment	Cool Old Guy: Ebrahim Bassedien.
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Boy Called Twist / int_1b60dcba	type	The Bully
Boy Called Twist / int_1b60dcba	comment	The Bully: Noah and Sikes.
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Boy Called Twist / int_1b901025	type	The Fagin
Boy Called Twist / int_1b901025	comment	The Fagin
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Boy Called Twist / int_24321e44	type	Only Sane Man
Boy Called Twist / int_24321e44	comment	Only Sane Man: Bassedien, who is both logical and kind while almost all the other characters act impulsively and are, for the most part, cruel to Twist.
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Boy Called Twist / int_294ed981	type	Bilingual Bonus
Boy Called Twist / int_294ed981	comment	Bilingual Bonus: Although the film has subtitles for the dialog in Xhosa and Afrikaans, there are still many slang words and exclamations that people outside of South Africa will be unable to understand.
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Boy Called Twist / int_2bfb1856	type	Beard of Evil
Boy Called Twist / int_2bfb1856	comment	Beard of Evil: Fagin.
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Boy Called Twist / int_319e4a2f	type	Even Evil Has Standards
Boy Called Twist / int_319e4a2f	comment	Even Evil Has Standards: Sikes has to force himself to shoot Bullseye, and ends up taking too long to actually succeed. Also, Monks will not let Twist fall to his death.
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Boy Called Twist / int_33981caf	type	Street Urchin
Boy Called Twist / int_33981caf	comment	Street Urchin
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Boy Called Twist / int_34dcfc96	type	Kick the Dog
Boy Called Twist / int_34dcfc96	comment	Kick the Dog: Sikes aims a kick at Bullseye when he is taking too long to follow his master.
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Boy Called Twist / int_3ed17fe0	type	Wide-Eyed Idealist
Boy Called Twist / int_3ed17fe0	comment	Wide-Eyed Idealist: Bassedien's friend accuses him of being this when he trusts Twist with fifty rand and sends him to the shop in new clothes.
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Boy Called Twist / int_3f11ef74	type	Parental Substitute
Boy Called Twist / int_3f11ef74	comment	Parental Substitute: Bassedien and Francene.
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Boy Called Twist / int_3f45f1e6	type	Adaptational Heroism
Boy Called Twist / int_3f45f1e6	comment	Adaptational Heroism: Monks, who, despite being one of the main antagonists, shows some goodness towards the end. The woman from the home who names Twist is far kinder than the various women that handle young Oliver in the book, although she still forbids the nurses from getting attached to the children due to how many of them die.
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Boy Called Twist / int_40f3b23a	type	FilmOfTheBook
Boy Called Twist / int_40f3b23a	comment	Film of the Book
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Boy Called Twist / int_4b316d47	type	Break the Cutie
Boy Called Twist / int_4b316d47	comment	Break the Cutie: Twist becomes dangerously close to ending up a criminal on the streets.
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Boy Called Twist / int_50b05d30	type	Disproportionate Retribution
Boy Called Twist / int_50b05d30	comment	Disproportionate Retribution: in one of the most famous fictional examples, he is beaten and sent away for being coxed by the other children into asking for more gruel.
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Boy Called Twist / int_537dd8fe	type	Affably Evil
Boy Called Twist / int_537dd8fe	comment	Affably Evil: Fagin.
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Boy Called Twist / int_53f5119f	type	The Dragon
Boy Called Twist / int_53f5119f	comment	The Dragon: Fagin. Although he is an authority figure and a chessmaster, he is intimidated by both Sikes and Monks and behaves in a subservient, sycophantic way to both of them.
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Boy Called Twist / int_5bdcc85a	type	Disney Villain Death
Boy Called Twist / int_5bdcc85a	comment	Disney Villain Death: Sikes still falls from a rooftop and hangs from a rope, but he is shot by the police, rather than accidentally strangling himself as he did in the novel.
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Boy Called Twist / int_617f0563	type	Heelâ€“Face Turn
Boy Called Twist / int_617f0563	comment	Heel–Face Turn: Nancy is kind to Twist from the start, but when Sikes and Fagin threaten to hurt him, she outright betrays them to help him.
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Boy Called Twist / int_77063cd7	type	Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Boy Called Twist / int_77063cd7	comment	Hooker with a Heart of Gold: Nancy.
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Boy Called Twist / int_863fa679	type	What Happened to the Mouse?
Boy Called Twist / int_863fa679	comment	What Happened to the Mouse?: We never find out what happened to the other street kids in the end ( according to the original novel they stayed on the street, apart from Charlie Bates who reformed and became a farmer.)
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Boy Called Twist / int_86cd25b5	type	Females Are More Innocent
Boy Called Twist / int_86cd25b5	comment	Females Are More Innocent: Averted. Many women, such as Mrs. Brakwater and Sharlotte treat Twist as cruelly as the men do, and Nancy is shown to be quite savvy and tough.
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Boy Called Twist / int_875615dd	type	Truth in Television
Boy Called Twist / int_875615dd	comment	Truth in Television: Fagin's gang of boys is played by a group of real South African street children.
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Boy Called Twist / int_88141a44	type	Heartwarming Orphan
Boy Called Twist / int_88141a44	comment	Heartwarming Orphan
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Boy Called Twist / int_957e5fc2	type	Villainous Breakdown
Boy Called Twist / int_957e5fc2	comment	Villainous Breakdown: After killing Nancy, Sikes becomes paranoid and frantically rushes about trying to get rid of any incriminating evidence.
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Boy Called Twist / int_970c790a	type	Big Bad
Boy Called Twist / int_970c790a	comment	Big Bad: Bill Sikes.
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Boy Called Twist / int_994928f9	type	Crapsack World
Boy Called Twist / int_994928f9	comment	Crapsack World: Twist is abused and mistreated by almost everyone he encounters.
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Boy Called Twist / int_9ab3da1a	type	Evil Mentor
Boy Called Twist / int_9ab3da1a	comment	Evil Mentor: Fagin to Twist and the other boys.
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Boy Called Twist / int_9dacc566	type	Leitmotif
Boy Called Twist / int_9dacc566	comment	Leit Motif: Fagin has one.
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Boy Called Twist / int_a435b45e	type	Bittersweet Ending
Boy Called Twist / int_a435b45e	comment	Bitter Sweet Ending: Twist finds a home with Bassedien and his kind domestic worker, Francene, but the other boys are most likely trapped in crime and poverty.
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Boy Called Twist / int_a70223	type	Karma Houdini
Boy Called Twist / int_a70223	comment	Karma Houdini: Fagin is seen slipping away during the police raid at the end of the film, while the cops are distracted going after Sikes. It is not shown if he got away or not, unlike in the original book where he was arrested and hanged.
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Boy Called Twist / int_af4d6174	type	Setting Update
Boy Called Twist / int_af4d6174	comment	Setting Update: Modern-day South Africa, although the film remains otherwise faithful to the original novel.
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Boy Called Twist / int_b01abe4f	type	Catchphrase
Boy Called Twist / int_b01abe4f	comment	Catchphrase: Averted. Catchphrases from the novel such as, "My dears," and "I'll eat my head" do not appear in the film.
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Boy Called Twist / int_b5c56995	type	Corrupt the Cutie
Boy Called Twist / int_b5c56995	comment	Corrupt the Cutie: What Fagin and his boys want to do to Twist.
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Boy Called Twist / int_bc00493f	type	Precision F-Strike
Boy Called Twist / int_bc00493f	comment	Precision F-Strike: Nancy's "Fuck you, Fagin!"
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Boy Called Twist / int_bc74ef27	type	Berserk Button
Boy Called Twist / int_bc74ef27	comment	Berserk Button: Twist attacks Noah for calling his mother a whore, even though he never knew her. Sikes goes into a violent rage anytime anyone suggests someone might sell him out.
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Boy Called Twist / int_beb9a361	type	Anti-Hero
Boy Called Twist / int_beb9a361	comment	Anti-Hero: Dodger, who treats Twist as a friend but is willing to aid the villains in their schemes.
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Boy Called Twist / int_c5fe6c81	type	Strong Family Resemblance
Boy Called Twist / int_c5fe6c81	comment	Strong Family Resemblance: Bassedien states that something about Twist makes him feel younger. This is most likely because the boy reminds him of his deceased daughter, Twist's mother.
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Boy Called Twist / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
Boy Called Twist / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: Mrs. Corlet actually names Twist after the character Oliver Twist, as she uses book titles and authors to name all of the children.
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Boy Called Twist / int_d001c42c	type	Anti-Villain
Boy Called Twist / int_d001c42c	comment	Anti-Villain: Fagin, who is kind to the boys and welcoming to Oliver, but is secretly in league with Monks and is willing to crush anyone that could give him away. Monks is portrayed far more sympathetically than in most other adaptions, showing some sympathy for Twist in the end and helping to save his life.
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Boy Called Twist / int_d29a6629	type	Death by Childbirth
Boy Called Twist / int_d29a6629	comment	Death by Childbirth: Shamilla, Twist's mother.
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Boy Called Twist / int_d7c3ba61	type	Race Lift
Boy Called Twist / int_d7c3ba61	comment	Race Lift: Twist, Beadle, Fagin, Noah, Brownlow (now called Bassedien), Monks, Dodger, Nancy and Charlie Bates.
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Boy Called Twist / int_dc579c91	type	Contrived Coincidence
Boy Called Twist / int_dc579c91	comment	Contrived Coincidence: as in the original novel, Twist ends up being taken in by an elderly relative who has no idea who he is.
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Boy Called Twist / int_e069fae8	type	Bad Guy Bar
Boy Called Twist / int_e069fae8	comment	Bad-Guy Bar: Sikes lives above one, and the apartments serve as a brothel. Fagin also uses the bar for meetings with his associates.
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Boy Called Twist / int_e30c7ae1	type	The Artful Dodger
Boy Called Twist / int_e30c7ae1	comment	The Artful Dodger: the trope namer in the novel is simply called Dodger here.
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Boy Called Twist / int_e4965307	type	Composite Character
Boy Called Twist / int_e4965307	comment	Composite Character: Mrs. Corlet, who is a combination of Mrs. Mann and the Widow Corney, albeit a far kinder character than both of them.
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Boy Called Twist / int_eb8e4fa8	type	Jerkass
Boy Called Twist / int_eb8e4fa8	comment	Jerkass: Beadle, Noah, Sikes and Fagin.
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Boy Called Twist / int_eba6a077	type	Cain and Abel
Boy Called Twist / int_eba6a077	comment	Cain and Abel: In this version, Monks is Brownlow\Bassedien's brother and not Twist's.
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Boy Called Twist / int_f42f96fa	type	Would Hit a Girl
Boy Called Twist / int_f42f96fa	comment	Would Hit a Girl: Bill Sikes.
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Boy Called Twist / int_fb3576b2	type	The Dog Bites Back
Boy Called Twist / int_fb3576b2	comment	The Dog Bites Back: When Sikes tries to kill his dog, Bullseye turns on him and leads the police to him.
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