CHICK FLICKS
HOW TO IDENTIFY A CHICK FLICK You know you’re watching a Chick Flick when…
You see a pretty lead actress like Julia Roberts, Meg Ryan, Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz or Sandra Bullock, and they don’t take their clothes off. ...................................................................................
The main chick is surrounded by a group of loyal, but definitely less attractive, girlfriends. These girls help the lead actress plot her victory, often while getting their hair done. ...................................................................................
The lead actress is in love with someone who isn’t in love with her; however, she gets her man (or some man) in the end. ...................................................................................
The star’s best male friend is a gay man, just to prove how politically correct she is. ...................................................................................
The star of the film spends the entire movie trying to get some guy’s attention. If the movie’s a comedy, she’ll try to get him by spying on him or falling down in silly ways. In a drama, she’ll cry, and if necessary, contract a fatal disease and then he’ll feel sorry for her. ...................................................................................
The chick’s mother makes an appearance to say something clever about love. Then they usually hug and cry together. ...................................................................................
The lead actress is madly in love with either: A jerk who treats her badly. A wonderful guy who hasn’t noticed her yet. ................................................................................... The star eventually learns the value of judging people on their personality and not on their looks (which only works if the guy looks like Johnny Depp). ................................................................................... The film ends with the lead man pledging his eternal love to her, usually after running through the rain to find her, or during a party where all of her friends and neighbors can watch with envy. ................................................................................... The villains are husbands or boyfriends who cheat on their wives or girlfriends, or mean bosses who smoke “evil” cigarettes.
There is a dance scene, and the lead actress sings a classic rock such as “Brown-Eyed Girl,” by Van Morrison or “Respect” by Soul Queen Aretha Franklin. ................................................................................... So now you know!
GLOSSARY a jerk n US offens an idiot to pledge eternal love exp to promise to love someone forever to cheat on someone exp to be unfaithful to your partner/ husband/wife and to have a relationship with another person to plot vb to plan - normally to do something bad to get your hair done exp if you “get your hair done”, you go to
a hairdresser’s and they arrange and cut your hair politically correct adj someone who is like this, has liberal and left-wing attitudes concerning social issues to hug vb to hold someone in your arms and to press them against you in an emotional way
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