Anyone who says otherwise is brainwashed by the media pushed idea of the plastic bimbo. She has a good body and facial features as well as beautiful hair. She is also charming which is really important. She was perfect casting for this role.
shareShe's not ugly by any means, but she's not hot enough for the way other characters gushed over her.
You don't have to be a "plastic bimbo" to be significantly more attractive than Haim. What about Natalie Portman, or (to take an example from the movie's universe) the young Barbra Streisand?
I looked at some Haim concert videos after seeing this movie and its interesting: on stage strutting, working her guitar, and sexually posing, Alana Haim is kind of gorgeous. She's the sexpot of the three-sister group. She has a body..favors short shorts on stage to show off her legs. In one video she even vamps the camera and strokes her ass seductively. Rpck and roll has always had a sexual component. (The "middle sister" Danielle -- who sings lead vocals -- is more traditionally pretty, but less sexual. The oldest sister elects to rock a "Bette Midler" style brash comedy style.)
The movie goes out of its way to compare Alana Haim to Streisand...twice. Once with the female agent who notices her "Jewish nose." And then with cuts to her as Jon Peters talks about his girlfriend...Barbra Streisand.
So some of these "outside elements" inform Alana Haim's work in Licorice Pizza. That said, if this role had been cast with a traditionally pretty girl, it would have been more routine. In some shots, Alana's face looks downright unattractive, she has a mix of the attractive AND the unattractive that makes the role believable.
Consider: her character lives at home under the thumb of a tough father who asks her where she's been at night(she lies.). At 25! When her family rejects the "atheist movie actor," she yells "He could have gotten me out of this place!" The sense we get is that perhaps because she is not THAT attractive, she hasn't really found "the guy" yet. But he's around. His name is Gary.
IDK. Teenage boys are quickly smitten & horny, old men aren't picky.
shareI haven’t seen this film, and I’m not familiar with Haim. But watching some pictures on google, she isn’t good looking brah
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