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longagoitwastuesday · 2 years ago

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The more I think about it the more I feel like an idiot for not realising before that Megamind is in many senses a version of Cyrano, not even after reading (and rereading several times!) the play

#Even beyond the bisexual charged love triangle and the love triangle in which two of the points are Megamind #Even beyond Roxane. Even beyond the big head and big nose. Even beyond the sending messages and the duels and the verbal duels #Even beyond the montfleuresque beginning. Even beyond the Le Bret vibes of Minion and the de Guiche/Valvert vibes of Hal #Even beyond that restaurant conversation that is so so close to Roxane and Cyrano's conversation in Arras #Like... I once spent hours (far longer than the duration of the film) going on about how everything about Megamind is performative #and how almost everyone is aware of that to the point of the entire town feeling almost like a theatre #That's Cyrano alright! The ending of Act 1 is extremely Cyrano but the ending of Act 1 is extremely Megamind too #I really can't believe I didn't notice considering how ehm not normal I am about Megamind irl #Truly if I needed any proof about being stupid... haha #Anyway my sister's friend sent her a picture teasing me about Megamind and I was reminded of the fact again #Thank goodness for McAvoy's acting and his Megamind laughter #I talk too much #I should probably delete this later #Megamind #Cyrano de Bergerac

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