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Rebutal films
The original Heartbreak Kid was a rebutal to The Graduate, which ended on an ambigous note. Writers at the time used to speculate how Ben and Elaine turned out. Then the film Easy Rider was rebutted with Electroglide in Blue. Every important film generates an antithesis. Was Mandingo the antithesis of Gone With the Wind? Probably not. Should remakes of Rebutal films be allowed? Only if they are trashy and cheap, like the knockoff Spaghetti Westerns that followed Sergio Leone. Sorry this film might actually be too good to mention, Stephanie.