Identity Thief

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Even thought there is not a commonly agreed single definition for a trickster, Hydes and Hynes find common ground in saying that a trickster is someone who deceits, tricks , takes advantage of situations and certainly-among other things, disobeys normal rules. A trickster breaks the rules more often maliciously, as Loki for example; however, at the end usually the tricks end up having positive effects. Hynes mentions six characteristics most often found in the trickster. Even though not all of them are always present, in the film “Identity Thief” (2013) Diana (Melissa McCarthy) shows a few of these traits explained by Hynes.
Diana is a woman who steals people’s identities and spends their money up to the last cent. She has the innate talent to deceit people and to hide from the law, so she takes advantage of it. In the film, Sandy Bigelow Patterson is a mild-mannered Colorado businessman who is tricked into giving his credit card information over the phone to Diana, who is in Florida ready to spend each and every dollar from his card. When Patterson realizes his identity has been s...

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