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Whatever Works

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Whatever Works	comment	Whatever Works is a 2009 romantic comedy movie written and directed by Woody Allen, starring Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood, Ed Begley Jr., Patricia Clarkson, Henry Cavill, Conleth Hill, Michael McKean and John Gallagher Jr..Boris Yelnikoff (David) is a cynical chess teacher and former Columbia professor in quantum mechanics. One night, he comes home to find Melody (Wood), a simpleminded 21-year-old, lying on his doorstep. He reluctantly lets her in for a meal, and she goes on to tell him her story. Seems she was raised by Christian fundamentalist parents in Mississippi and ran away from them. She asks if she can stay the night, which Boris eventually allows, and she stays with him while she looks for a job. Melody develops a crush on Boris despite their age difference and their varying cultures and intelligence. After a while, Boris realizes that he loves her and they get married.After a year passes, her mother Marietta (Clarkson) finds Melody, having thought Melody had been kidnapped, and explains that her husband John (Begley) left her. Over the next few weeks, being exposed to New York changes Marietta and she starts experimenting with the arts and exotic new habits. However, after she meets Boris she is disappointed with him, so she slyly decides to recruit Randy Lee James (Cavill) to end Melody's marriage.
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Whatever Works / int_143939c1	type	Trailers Always Spoil
Whatever Works / int_143939c1	comment	Trailers Always Spoil: The trailer for the film shows Boris's second suicide attempt, which occurs near the end of the movie.
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Whatever Works / int_1892d512	type	Tall, Dark, and Handsome
Whatever Works / int_1892d512	comment	Tall, Dark, and Handsome: Randy is played by Henry Cavill who is this trope incarnate.
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Whatever Works / int_18d15922	type	Title Drop
Whatever Works / int_18d15922	comment	Title Drop: At the end of the film, Boris says, regarding the love and happiness one can give or receive, that "whatever works."
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Whatever Works / int_1e7487cd	type	Breaking the Fourth Wall
Whatever Works / int_1e7487cd	comment	Breaking the Fourth Wall: At the beginning and ending of the film, Boris turns his friend's attentions to the audience watching them. Some people don't believe him, others wave.
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Whatever Works / int_234fa9ba	type	Mayâ€“December Romance
Whatever Works / int_234fa9ba	comment	May–December Romance: Melody is much, much younger than Boris, whic doesn't stop them from getting married.
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Whatever Works / int_3a3489f	type	Fourth-Wall Observer
Whatever Works / int_3a3489f	comment	Fourth-Wall Observer: Boris notices that there's an audience watching him, to whom he speaks to.
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Whatever Works / int_3b4f620a	type	No Fourth Wall
Whatever Works / int_3b4f620a	comment	No Fourth Wall: The film opens and closes with Boris openly and deliberately speaking to the audience, fully aware they are in a movie theater. This is Played for Laughs, as it seems only he is capable of seeing and speaking to the audience. In the opening scene, it even shows that from the point of view of everyone else, he's speaking to no one. A woman shuffles her child away, fearing he is insane. He explains this in the end by pointing out that he's the only person who can see "the whole picture".
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Whatever Works / int_53224e46	type	Bookends
Whatever Works / int_53224e46	comment	Bookends: The film opens and closes with Boris openly and deliberately speaking to the audience.
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Whatever Works / int_89897126	type	New Year Has Come
Whatever Works / int_89897126	comment	New Year Has Come: Boris hosts a New Year's party at the film's end.
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Whatever Works / int_9d3b4703	type	This Is Reality
Whatever Works / int_9d3b4703	comment	This Is Reality: Boris' pals doubt of his No Fourth Wall ability.
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Whatever Works / int_a5de0ab9	type	Polyamory
Whatever Works / int_a5de0ab9	comment	Polyamory: Marietta ends up in an open relationship with Boris' friend, Leo, and Leo's business partner, Morgenstern.
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Whatever Works / int_ae3d6438	type	Deadpan Snarker
Whatever Works / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker: Boris.
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Whatever Works / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
Whatever Works / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: The opening credits are accompanied by a song from the Marx Brothers film Animal Crackers.
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Whatever Works / int_d4cc3a71	type	Audience? What Audience?
Whatever Works / int_d4cc3a71	comment	Audience? What Audience?: Boris is capable of Breaking the Fourth Wall, and observes his interactions with the characters who don't know they're in a movie, much to their bewilderment.
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Whatever Works / int_e2d457	type	The Ditz
Whatever Works / int_e2d457	comment	The Ditz: Melody is quite simpleminded.
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Whatever Works / int_e4bb68b8	type	The Charmer
Whatever Works / int_e4bb68b8	comment	The Charmer: Randy.
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Whatever Works / int_f76842b1	type	The Fundamentalist
Whatever Works / int_f76842b1	comment	The Fundamentalist: When Melody tells her story to Boris, she says that she was born to fundamentalist parents in Mississippi, and when we met them, they certainly fit the description. Spending time in New York City, however, made them completely shed their mindsets and wholeheartedly adopted way of life and values of the city: Marietta turns out to have a knack for artistic photography and even lives in an open relationship with two men, and John comes to terms with the fact that he's secretly gay.
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Whatever Works / int_fab3235a	type	Easy Evangelism
Whatever Works / int_fab3235a	comment	Easy Evangelism: Marietta and John, who at first are conservative Christians, are convinced to become liberal seculars with astonishing ease, with the implication that even the briefest exposure to the cosmopolitan nature of New York City will turn even the staunchest conservative Christian into a liberal secular humanist.
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