*Ahem*. Well, I need to start blogging again, and this seems like as good as any place to start, soooooo…
Well………..
Wow.
*Ahem*.
Well, I re-watched this moofie two days ago, and Goddamn.
GODDAMN.
Well, re-reading my first post on this flick, I said that this moofie would require multiple viewings and I was for sure correct. I also noted correctly the references to Zoey Duetch. What I did not notice were the references to Zooey Deschanel, but that’s kinda another story, I guess.
I was right in watching this flick before the release of Laura’s debut album, since the two are fundamentally and bafflingly, if not shockingly, connected. Also interesting are the many many references to the series Star Vs. the Forces of Evil that are liberally layered throughout the flick.
Seriously, tho. Is there anything on Disney+ that doesn’t have references to the Maranos in it?
And am I correct in thinking that “Zoë” here in Saving Zoë is a reference to the actress Zooey in Franny and Zooey from J.D. Salinger? I May be an Actress, but I Can’t Fake How I Feel? No kidding, Laura. You don’t say!
I think I get it, now. I mean… I think so. It’s like… it’s still hazy, but the pieces are coming together.
It’s like… I didn’t get it, at first. Laura’s album, I mean. I listened to it, and I liked it, but something escaped me. I didn’t understand it on some level until I realized what it was that I May be an Actress, but I Can’t Fake How I Feel actually is. I think… it’s an instruction manual.
And if it is, this would prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that I was right 100% about the Marano family and their place in the Hollywood machine.
The Maranos are, um, Marranos, lol. A kind of hidden nobility. They are people who pretend to be basic and powerless (queue up Laura’s song) but they’re anything but. They’re a “power behind the throne” type of family.
This concept brings to mind to me the legends of kids and destinies being, *ahem*, Switched at Birth.
Verrrrry interesting stuff, for sure.