Key Themes Flashcards
(4 cards)
1
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Addiction =
A
- This is so boring without drugs
- Highlights even during her seemingly better moments, her challenges with addiction constantly impacted her personal life
- Her addiction, drugs and bulimia allows a more personal image of Amy outside of what the media saw
2
Q
Vulnerability =
A
- Humanises her authentic reactions making her more relatable
- Kapadia critiques the roles of those around her who benefited from her success and used personal gain over her well-being
- Emphasises her young age and how her emotional fragility underscores the relentless media
3
Q
Fame =
A
- The medias intrusion and how it become so destructive for someone vulnerable
- Her pain became public entertainment within the media and relentless
- Asks the audience to consider how media and public voyeurism contributed to her death
- She became ridiculed and dehumanised using her pain as a form of sensationalism
4
Q
Relationships =
A
- The film is able to critique different relationships such as Amy’s parents who were often flawed and absent. Mitch prioritised her career over her health discouraging her from getting help
- It also highlighted Amy’s destructive relationship with Blake who introduced her to substance abuse
- Amy’s friends such as Juliette and Lauren were seen as someone who expressed genuine concern for her worsening addiction and how ultimately drugs isolated her from them yet they always remained true and caring
- Shows her relationship with herself as self-destructive and hateful not realising her pure talent but obsessing over her weight
- Shows how different relationships failed to protect her which ultimately led to her death
