In the movie L.A. Confidential many of the characters had secret identities that affected them all in different ways. Their secret identities allowed them to become different people and act differently than they would as their normal selves.
In the movie Lynn Broken pretends to be the movie star Veronica Lake. By becoming Veronica Lake, Lynn is able to go into the life of prostitution without it affecting her as much. In a way it is like Lynn is not sleeping with the men at all, rather it is Veronica that these men are fantasizing of and sleeping with. Lynn becomes lost in this character and does not respond the way she would have probably acted. Lynn was so used to sleeping with men to get her way that she slept with Ed Exley behind Bud’s back to help get blackmail on Exley. When Bud finds out he get very upset with Lynn and hits her and she realizes that what she did really hurt Bud. Lynn almost ruins her only relationship that she has as herself because she got caught up in being Veronica Lake.
Most of the officers in this movie live double lives. Jack Vincennes has another life outside his career as a cop; he is the technical advisor to Badge of honor. Jack loses sight of being a real cop on this show because he makes arrests that will sell magazines rather than provide justice. Sid Hudgens pays Jack money so that he can get pictures of the arrests Jack makes so that he can publish them in his magazine “Hush Hush.” Ed Exley is a detective who tries to shed his identity as “the son of legendary Preston Exley.” In trying to escape this identity Ed tries to become the best cop that he can so he can outshine his father. In his efforts to be the best detective it leads him to trying to solve the Nite Owl case. Captain Dudley Smith also lives a double life, apart from being Captain of the police force he is also a hardened criminal. For a long time Smith is able to get away with his crimes until the Nite Owl case. In the quest to find the real killers at the Nite Owl Ed and Bud come to the shocking revelation that it is one of their own, Dudley Smith, behind the murders. Smith’s secret life is what ultimately got him killed, because Ed shot him so that he would not be able to go on causing terror in the city.
Ultimately for the characters in the story leading a double life was not good. When you lead another life you get caught up in that life and forget who you are and start to make decisions that you would not normally make if you did not have the secret life to hide behind. I think that for the characters in this story the affects of living a double life were damaging because their secret identities cost them their lives.
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You organized the facts in this movie wonderfully. I agree with most of your claims in your blog. The one that I do not agree with is the statement on how double identities are harmful to people. In most cases a double identity leads to criminal acts. Most of the time a person's secret identity is for their own personal gain, yes. But on some double identities like a mother and a teacher identity, the case is different.I really feel that the movie displays the most uncommon cases of double identities.
I liked your review of the movie. Your last paragraph describes your opinion very well, which I agree with.
I agree with Irina. I think that you gave great details and organized your repsonse so that it made sense. I really like how you compared the double lives.
There should be a comma here: "the movie[,] Lynn Broken pretends.." and here: "Ultimately[,] for the characters in the story[,] leading a double life was not good." Another thing I noticed is that you switch back and forth from the past-tense to now, for example: "Lynn was so USED to sleeping with men to get her way that she SLEPT with Ed Exley behind Bud’s back to help get blackmail on Exley. When Bud FINDS[FOUND] out he GET [GOT] very upset with Lynn and HITS [HIT] her and she REALIZES [REALIZED] that what she DID really HURT Bud." Also how does realizing that she hurt Brad affect her emotionally? Maybe also you might think about cutting "Most of the officers in this movie live double lives." and then making each officer's story a new paragraph.
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