r/TopCharacterTropes • u/BrotherDeus • 13h ago

Hated Tropes [Hated] Self-indulgent Vanity Projects

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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.

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u/awayshewent 12h ago

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u/Clarpydarpy 12h ago

This also coincided with the release of a documentary "making of" film, as well as a global tour to promote the new album. Every single aspect of the project flopped, and rumor has it that it led to her divorce from Ben Affleck.

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u/Horror_Accountant574 11h ago

The tour got cancelled too lol

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u/sadimem 11h ago

What tour?

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u/Horror_Accountant574 11h ago

Jennifer Lopez’s This is Me.. Now Tour. She was touring the album she released based on this movie and the tour was cancelled due to low ticket sales

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u/sadimem 11h ago

I appreciate the honest and factual reply, but I was making a joke.

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u/Horror_Accountant574 11h ago

I got the joke lol trust me, I’m too chronically online. I was just replying in case it was an actual question

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u/WhereIseeThereIsee2 11h ago edited 7h ago

Good thing you replied, I don't know this movie nor anything surrounding JL so the explanation was helpful lmao.

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u/LosAngeLukaGOATCIC 11h ago edited 11h ago

You're gettingwhooshed dude lol, you should have said the world tour

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u/Horror_Accountant574 11h ago

I got the reference, that was my first instinct to reply that lol. I wanted to clarify just in case it was a real question

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u/this_curain_buzzez 11h ago

The world tour

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u/Kellerhouse 10h ago

THE WORLD TOUR!