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Actors: Lori Petty, Gina Gershon, Drea de Matteo, Shelly Cole
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Prey for Rock and Roll |
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Four girls played by Gina Gershon, Drea de Matteo, Shelly Cole, and Lori Petty have been playing in a rock and roll band for a long time. They still have never hit it big, just playing in bars and getting by. They have a sleazy agent who gets them gig, but nothing spectacular. Gina Gershon plays the lead singer, from whose perspective the narration is given. Gershon does much of the actual singing in the film. Gershon's character has a lesbian relationship that breaks up. She finds herself hanging out with one of the other band member's brothers, recently released from prison for killing their stepfather who sexually abused the women of the family. Meanwhile the de Matteo and Petty characters are lesbian lovers and one has the other's name tattooed on her arm to show her love. The character played by Cole is a strungout druggie who somehow gets it together long enough to perform. Just when it looks like they are finally going to get the big break, one of the band members is killed. The story is apparently based on the autobiographical play by West Coast musician Cyheri Lovedog. Lovedog was listed multiple times in the credits, so apparently was also involved in the production of the film.
--BethG, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Prey for Rock and Roll |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Getting ahead in:
- entertainment world
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Kind of sex:
- LESBIANS!!!!!!
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- musician
Training/apprentice story
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- singer/musician
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- a fight for survival
Age:
- long-lived adults
Profession/status:
- business executive
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Setting
United States
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- dirty, grimy (like New York)
Misc setting
- theater
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of singing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
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