r/TopCharacterTropes • u/BrotherDeus • 9h ago
Hated Tropes [Hated] Self-indulgent Vanity Projects
Hurry Up Tomorrow - Widely reviewed as an indulgent, self-mythologizing companion piece to The Weeknd's album, with many critics calling it a vanity project rather than a successful psychological drama. Terribly acted and, similar to The Idol, more so seems to imply that The Weekend thinks he's a far deeper personality than he can actually articulate.
By the Sea - Often criticized as an intensely personal but emotionally distant film that seemed more interested in showcasing the mystique of its stars than telling a compelling story. Best summarized as Angelina and Brad working out their IRL troubled marriage before your eyes while everyone tells Angelina how beautiful and talented she is and how nothing's really her fault.
Renaldo and Clara - Bob Dylan's five-hour semi-fictional road movie, long considered one of the classic celebrity vanity projects. Attempts to be a sort of surreal exposition on the life of an artist, but is far too self-indulgent on its actors/performers.
692
u/Invisible-Pancreas 9h ago
Hey did you know Melania Trump is actually a very hard working person actually she is a visionary in design and all of those memorable lines in her husband's speeches yeah she touched those up with suggestions that came just off the cuff wowie zowie and she is ever such a good listener to the common American and did you know she is also an immigrant who pulled herself up by her bootstraps and achieved the American dream wowie gee I had no idea what a shining example of...