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All About Eve (1950)
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Father Figure
The Life of a Showgirl · 2025
“You remind me of a younger me," I saw potential”
Uncle Jerry identifies the 1950 film All About Eve with Bette Davis as a strong parallel for Father Figure. He describes how Anne Baxter's character is a conniving understudy who wheedles her way into pushing Bette Davis out of a prestigious role, a mentor-mentee relationship where the mentee turns out to be lying and conniving. He specifically connects the opening verse's imagery of someone 'young, wayward, lost in the cold' to Anne Baxter's character appearing mousy and small, and connects the quoted line 'You remind me of a younger me' to a similar sentiment in the film.
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