Desire Versus Reality: A Study of Annie Hall

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One of the main themes of Annie Hall is the idea of desire versus reality. Allen’s use of comedy can be seen as his way of distinguishing desire vs. reality. He uses Alvy’s emotional landscape and tries to transform it into the viewers as well. Some of the emblems that he uses show a weird sense of humor and show the reality of Alvy Singer. Alvy Singer is very narcissistic and self centered meaning that he has all of tho desire to control everyone and control all of the situations when in reality not everyone is going to be pleased with that idea. For example when Alvy wanted to have sex with Annie, she was about to smoke marijuana because it helps her perform better. But Alvy did not want her to do the marijuana. Annie ended up not doing it

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