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How do Anita and Cruella know each other?

posted 18 years ago by Im_Luvin_It402665
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They seem to be at least acquaintances.........

"Bleh? What's a 'bleh'? Is that one of your jive words like 'Emancipation'?" Drawn Together

[–] rjh_54 18 years ago

Oh gosh I havent seen this movie in years, but I think that they were friends in school or something along those lines...

[–] skulldogg05 18 years ago

Yep, but I think thats all they tell you.

[–] Jade_Gryphon 18 years ago

To quote Roger Radcliffe, from the animated movie, "Ah!...here comes Cruella, your dearly devoted old schoolmate." ;)

[–] jw24 18 years ago

In the live action movie, isn't Cruella the boss of Anita?

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[–] paper-revolution 18 years ago

Yup, in the movie she's Anita's boss, but in the animation, Roger does say that Cruella and Anita are old schoolmates..

[–] jw24 18 years ago

Thanks!

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[–] nadja2000 18 years ago

In the television series, Anita works for Cruella. I daresay they were schoolmates too.

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[–] billwenham 13 years ago

Smoking kills. :P

[–] Mel204 18 years ago

They must have been a weird looking pair at school.

[–] mtrusello 18 years ago

In the book, Mrs. Dearly (a/k/a Anita Radcliffe in the film) says that Cruella had been a classmate; that her hair had always been half-black and half-white; that she'd been expelled for drinking ink; and that "she was no friend of mine - I was afraid of her."

[–] harro_the_rush 18 years ago

the yknow each other from school; my uncles the directer

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[–] simplyshiny 14 years ago

All three directors are dead

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[–] Hackmanfan100 15 years ago

I thought she might've been her landlady.

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[–] flower-power-11 11 years ago

They were classmates. At least, I know from watching the movie. I'm not sure if this is true in the original novel by Dodie Smith.

[–] manofsteel4455 9 years ago

Maybe Anita was one of those poor girls other girls like cruella took advantage of in scool.

[–] Matildawormwood (1545) 4 years ago

They were classmates. Maybe former friends until something happened between them.