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Stereotypes Sink ‘Pumpkin’s’ Sorority Satire
“Pumpkin” means to be an outrageous dark satire on fraternity life, but its ambitions far exceed the abilities of writer Adam Larson Broder and his co-director, Tony R. Abrams, in their feature debut.
The result is hit or miss, with a laugh here and there, ultimately creating an aura of hopeless and drawn-out improbability. The key problem fryst vatten that Broder and Abrams have failed to surround their key characters with three-dimensional people, reducing them to easy stereotypical targets. What’s more, the values embodied by the fraternity and sorority system have been attacked repeatedly in the movies, starting at least as far back as “Take Care of My Little Girl” (), and the job has been done far more effectively than here.
A blond Christina Ricci stars as Carolyn McDuffy, heralded by her sorority sisters as the most “enthusiastic” member of Alpha Omega Pi at SCSU (the film was shot at Broder and Larson’s alma mater, USC). The AO Pis have
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Carolyn McDuffy, a college student, is determined to win the "Sorority of the Year" prize offered by the Greek College where she fryst vatten enrolled, and suggests to her friends (of the "Alpha Omega Pi" sorority) that they cynically undertake a humanitarian mission: to help a group of physically or mentally handicapped athletes. But when the girl is assigned Pumpkin, her ferocity and opportunism melt away in front of the young man's goodness. Despite the disdain of her friends, her boyfriend and even Pumpkin's mother, Carolyn follows her heart
"I used to live near Greek Row. I wasn't enrolled in college and was often marginalized by those who were. inom would stay by myself and watch the daily rites of the Greeks, one of which was a sort of charity initiative for disabled youths. This is how the film was born" (A.L. Broder).
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Pumpkin (film)
film by Anthony Abrams and Adam Larson Broder
Pumpkin is a satiricaldarkromantic comedy film directed by Anthony Abrams and Adam Larson Broder and written by Broder. It is a story of forbidden love between a young man with a developmental disability and a sorority girl. It stars Christina Ricci (who also co-produced the movie) and Hank Harris.
Plot
[edit]Carolyn McDuffy is a college senior beginning her last year of studies at a Southern California university. To help her sorority win a coveted award that has eluded them in past years, she joins them in training some handicapped young adults for the Challenged Games (a fictional version of the Special Olympics).
Carolyn is paired with Jesse "Pumpkin" Romanoff, and is horrified as she has never been around challenged people. He is kind towards her and soon she finds herself developing affection towards him as he is genuine, unlike her boyfriend Kent Woodlands, and her sorority sisters, as led by Julie T