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The Loved One

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The Loved One	comment	The Loved One is a 1965 satirical Black Comedy film directed by Tony Richardson (as his follow-up to Tom Jones), based on the short novel by Evelyn Waugh.The film keeps the basic outline of the book: wannabe English poet Dennis Barlow (Robert Morse) visits Los Angeles and becomes wrapped up in the crazy, often grotesque business of funerals and burials in Southern California, eventually becoming a rival of star mortician Mr. Joyboy (Rod Steiger) for the affections of quirky corpse cosmetician AimÃ©e Thanatogenos (Anjanette Comer).But with Terry Southern on-board as co-writer, fresh off Dr. Strangelove, it adds plenty more characters, hijinks and irreverence. A notable change from the book is the character expansion of the owner of the Whispering Glades Memorial Park, Reverend Wilbur Glenworthy (Jonathan Winters), a classic shameless huckster who wraps himself up in piety while chasing money. After his brother Henry (also Jonathan Winters) loses his job at a film studio, Wilbur sets him up to work at The Happier Hunting Ground, a pet mortuary that the Reverend secretly runs on the side.By the end, besides the funeral business, the film gets in some potshots at Hollywood, religion, patriotism, the English, the military, and NASA as well.Famously marketed as "The motion picture with something to offend everyone!", its bizarre humor was too far ahead of its time and it became a Box Office Bomb, but is now considered a Cult Classic.
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The Loved One / int_14ed6ab7	type	Does This Remind You of Anything?
The Loved One / int_14ed6ab7	comment	Does This Remind You of Anything?: Mrs. Joyboy gives orgasmic groans as she gorges herself on a roast pig and other food.
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The Loved One / int_23473ae7	type	Adaptation Expansion
The Loved One / int_23473ae7	comment	Adaptation Expansion: The novel is only around 140 pages. The film takes the basic plot, makes a few changes, then adds more subplots, mostly following Wilbur Glenworthy's exploits.
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The Loved One / int_2740531a	type	She Cleans Up Nicely
The Loved One / int_2740531a	comment	She Cleans Up Nicely: AimÃ©e is quite a stunner when she lets her hair down and doesn't wear that ridiculous Whispering Glades white dress and veil outfit.
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The Loved One / int_27c09b00	type	Camp Straight
The Loved One / int_27c09b00	comment	Camp Straight: Joyboy is very fussy, effeminate and body-conscious, but he harbors a huge crush on AimÃ©e.
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The Loved One / int_2cac89cf	type	The Ingenue
The Loved One / int_2cac89cf	comment	The Ingenue: AimÃ©e is closer to Genius Ditz in the book, but she's definitely this in the film, bordering on Womanchild.
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The Loved One / int_5fcedca	type	Big Eater
The Loved One / int_5fcedca	comment	Big Eater: Mrs. Joyboy. At one point she tries to grab some food from the fridge and it falls on her. She's more concerned about the food being taken out of her hands than whether or not the fridge is lifted off of her.
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The Loved One / int_6d332aea	type	Driven to Suicide
The Loved One / int_6d332aea	comment	Driven to Suicide: Sir Francis Hinsley, when he's fired from the film studio, and later [[Spoiler: Aimee, after her favorite advice columnist "The Guru Brahmin" sarcastically tells her to go and kill herself and leave him alone]].
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The Loved One / int_868409c	type	Broken Pedestal
The Loved One / int_868409c	comment	Broken Pedestal: Everyone important in AimÃ©e's life betrays her: Dennis, Mr. Joyboy, The Guru Brahmin and Rev. Glenworthy (who's literally on a pedestal on the huge statue of himself at the entrance to Whispering Glades).
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The Loved One / int_86bbf6b5	comment	Newscaster Cameo: The reporter in the final scene is played by longtime Los Angeles Lakers play-by-play announcer Chick Hearn.
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The Loved One / int_8e20ae0d	comment	Child Prodigy: Gunther Fry, a budding aerospace engineer who lives near The Happier Hunting Ground.
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The Loved One / int_aac4eeae	type	Same Language Dub
The Loved One / int_aac4eeae	comment	Same Language Dub: Robert Morse had to redub all his dialogue in post-production since he didn't quite master an English accent during filming. Jonathan Winters also seems to have redubbed a lot of his Henry Glenworthy dialogue.
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The Loved One / int_b4ed2f29	type	The Man Behind the Curtain
The Loved One / int_b4ed2f29	comment	The Man Behind the Curtain: A humorous, non-villainous example with "Hump", a cynical and sarcastic, Bronx-accented man who writes a personal life advice column where he calls himself the "Guru Brahmin".
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The Loved One / int_c660bc15	type	Fan Disservice
The Loved One / int_c660bc15	comment	Fan Disservice: The sight of Rod Steiger in just his underwear when Mr. Joyboy gets a call from the mortuary while he's lifting weights on his bed.
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The Loved One / int_dc057cf3	type	Adaptation Name Change
The Loved One / int_dc057cf3	comment	Adaptation Name Change: Wilbur Kenworthy becomes Wilbur Glenworthy for the film. Mr. Joyboy gets a first name here: Lafayette (Laf for short).
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The Loved One / int_e1471b66	comment	Mama's Boy: Mr. Joyboy has a disturbingly unhealthy relationship with his mother, waiting on her hand and foot.
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