The Real Blonde

The Real Blonde is a 1998 movie directed and written by Tom DiCillo. It stars Matthew Modine, Catherine Keener, and Maxwell Caulfield. The film is a satire on New Yorks fashion and entertainment industries.

Joe swallows his artistic pride and meets with an agent, Dee Dee Taylor, who arranges for him to be an extra in a Madonna video. Mary is harassed as she walks to work each day and begins taking a selfdefense and anger management class on the advice of her therapist. The instructor encourages her to express her anger, and she finds the class extremely empowering. Bob is successful in his soap opera role and begins a relationship with his costar Kelly, a real blonde.At the Madonna video, the director treats Joe and the other extras like cattle. Joe meets Madonnas body double, Tina, a friendly aspiring actress, and gets himself fired for protesting an antiSemitic statement made by the assistant director. Joes firing sparks an argument between Joe and Mary. The pressure of Joes career is straining their relationship, and they have not had sex in a long time. Marys instructor, Doug, gives her a ride home from her class and makes a pass at her. She rebuffs him, but lies to cover up the incident to Joe. Meanwhile, Bob suffers erectile dysfunction and is unable to have sex with Kelly. She mocks his inadequacy and leaves him. ........

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