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POST 5 : "American Dream of Beauty" Little Miss Sunshine

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  First of all,   the film's story is Olive seven-year-old, dreams of being a beauty queen. When she gets an invitation to compete for the very selective title of Little Miss Sunshine in California, the whole family decides to support her. They make sail west and begin a three-day trip with unexpected events. It’s easy to read Little Miss Sunshine as a typical underdog story: an average girl named Olive Hoover wants to win a beauty pageant. It's the sort of movie that seems to uphold the American assumptions that everyone has equal opportunities and that being a winner is of the utmost importance. In fact,  Little Miss Sunshine demonstrate that American perfectionism and beauty standards are superficial and do not lead to true happiness. In the end, the film rejects the undisputed societal expectations and redefines a positive idea of the American Dream. The phrase "American dream" is characterised by certain conventions, such as material success, an orderl...