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One-Trick Pony

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One-Trick Pony	label	One-Trick Pony
One-Trick Pony	page	OneTrickPony
One-Trick Pony	comment	One-Trick Pony is a 1980 film written by and starring Paul Simon and directed by Robert M. Young.Jonah Levin (Simon) is a folk-rock musician who had his last hit, "Soft Parachutes," ten years ago. Now he's touring with his band and trying to get a chance to record a new album despite interference from overbearing record executive Walter Fox (Rip Torn) and trendy-but-talentless producer Steve Kunelian (Lou Reed). Meanwhile, he tries to maintain a relationship with his ex-wife Marion (Blair Brown) and their young son Matty (Michael Pearlman).
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One-Trick Pony	parsed	2023-04-01T23:28:40Z
One-Trick Pony	isPartOf	DBTropes
One-Trick Pony / int_16d8476f	type	Protest Song
One-Trick Pony / int_16d8476f	comment	Protest Song: "Soft Parachutes" is about a teenager who was recently in high school but is now fighting in The Vietnam War, witnessing and committing atrocities for reasons he doesn't understand. Jonah doesn't play it anymore because it isn't topical now that the war is over.
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One-Trick Pony / int_5cd6010b	type	Turn Out Like His Father
One-Trick Pony / int_5cd6010b	comment	Turn Out Like His Father: Matty wants to become a songwriter and musician like his dad. Marion desperately wishes he'd pick a better role model.
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One-Trick Pony / int_6a3bedce	type	Modesty Bedsheet
One-Trick Pony / int_6a3bedce	comment	Modesty Bedsheet: After Jonah and Marion have post-divorce sex, they lie in bed with the sheet wrapped around her chest, while his is exposed.
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One-Trick Pony / int_6c324f14	type	Talking to Plants
One-Trick Pony / int_6c324f14	comment	Talking to Plants: When Jonah asks Marion if she's spraying the fern regularly, she says, "I spray it every day, and I talk to it, give it lots of encouragement." She hasn't told the plant about the divorce because it's just beginning to sprout new leaves.
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One-Trick Pony / int_775a1af6	type	Married to the Job
One-Trick Pony / int_775a1af6	comment	Married to the Job: The reason Jonah's marriage fell apart. When he was at home, he was never really present - he kept making phone calls and writing songs. Marion could handle his going on tour, but she couldn't handle his job infiltrating their personal life.
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One-Trick Pony / int_a5e0c01	type	As Himself
One-Trick Pony / int_a5e0c01	comment	As Himself: Tiny Tim appears during the Salute to the Sixties, playing his ukulele backstage.
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One-Trick Pony / int_a72d333f	type	Really Moves Around
One-Trick Pony / int_a72d333f	comment	Really Moves Around: Modeena (Mare Winningham) moved all over the country as a kid because her dad's firm transferred him every other year or so. A.M. radio kept her sane because it played the same songs no matter where she was.
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One-Trick Pony / int_b53077b3	type	Take That!
One-Trick Pony / int_b53077b3	comment	Take That!: Walter Fox is based on CBS Records executive Walter Yetnikoff, with whom Paul Simon had clashed in the '70s.
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One-Trick Pony / int_bd3293fc	type	Sleeping with the Boss's Wife
One-Trick Pony / int_bd3293fc	comment	Sleeping with the Boss's Wife: Jonah has a fling with Walter's wife Lonnie (Joan Hackett).
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One-Trick Pony / int_e1c796e9	type	Diegetic Switch
One-Trick Pony / int_e1c796e9	comment	Diegetic Switch: After a disastrous recording session, Jonah sits in his hotel room and begins to play "Long, Long Day" on his guitar. The song plays in the background while he visits Marion and Matty.
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One-Trick Pony / int_e43130c1	type	Interrupted Intimacy
One-Trick Pony / int_e43130c1	comment	Interrupted Intimacy: Once Jonah and Marion were having sex on the table when the babysitter walked in on them. Jonah ran and hid behind the fridge, while Marion just sat there with her pants down trying to act cool.
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One-Trick Pony	hasFeature	Forgotten Trope / int_72d0f2b1
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One-Trick Pony	hasFeature	Modesty Bedsheet / int_72d0f2b1
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One-Trick Pony	hasFeature	Talking to Plants / int_72d0f2b1
One-Trick Pony	hasFeature	Turn Out Like His Father / int_72d0f2b1

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