S.B quotes and ideas - price of fame and success Flashcards
Motif of Norma’s mansion representing the state of fame/career:
big mansion that looked run-down and deserted.”
Ghost of a tennis court
> ghost of who she once was
“The whole place seemed to have been stricken with a kind of creeping paralysis, out of beat with the rest of the world, crumbling apart in slow motion …”
“A neglected house gets an unhappy look. This one had it in spades.”
“taking it out on the world because she’d been given the go- by” - Great Expectations Reference
Price of LOSING fame is this insanity/obsessive nature to get it back:
“No one ever leaves a star. That’s what makes one a star.”
Price of success in Hollywood (i.e success in Hollywood is unattainable):
“Well, in the end he got himself a pool – only the price turned out to be a little high”
“aging actress”
“forgotten star”
Joe’s lack of SUCESS:
“Back to the smirking delight of the whole office.”
“This year I’m trying to earn a living.”
Normas Loss of Fame highlighted through the different generations:
“She must be a million years old.”
“Give her the brush”
Vs
Older people, assistants, electrician flocking towards her in awes, police officer who opened the gate
“Hogeye turn that light back where it belongs” > to a new production with younger cast
Norma’s loss of Fame still remaining transfixed on her old career:
“she was still sleepwalking along the giddy heights of a lost career”
“You don’t yell at a sleepwalker” > DANGER
“the audience left 20 years ago”
the world
World which can be extremely merciful, had taken pity on norma desmond
