Critics will no longer be the only ones examining Hollywood’s brightest stars, as a newNetflixspecial titledAttack of the Hollywood Clichés! looks to explore some of cinema’s most infamous tropes.
The newestNetflixspecial will feature several Hollywood stars as they break down some of the most popular movie clichés. Hosted by Rob Lowe, the Netflix special will examine some of these tropes using a comedic lens.
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The newly released trailer for Netflix’sAttack of the Hollywood Clichés!begins to show Lowe as host, who introduces some of the Hollywood tropes. Topics that will be examined by the all-star cast range from the use of stock characters, familiar storylines, line delivery, and of course, the vast number of plot devices used to drive a story along. In order toexamine some of these tropes,Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!has brought in a number of actors, comedians, broadcasters, and critics to delve into the world of cinema. Some of those faces are featured in the trailer and include Andrew Garfield, Richard E. Grant, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Florence Pugh, Jack Howard, Francine Stock, the Lucas Brothers, and Andie Macdowell.
A special examining some of Hollywood’s most utilized tropes wouldn’t be complete without a montage of scenes to prove their points. In theAttack of the Hollywood Clichés!trailer, there are a number of films that movie buffs will recognize includingJuggernaut,Out of the Past,Tightrope,Titanic,Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, Denis Villeneuve’sPrisoners, and many others. Lowe is even seen committing some of the tropes himself in the trailer, including the infamous spit take that many films have utilized for a dramatized comedic effect.
Accompanyingthe list of tropes, familiar faces, and both popular and despised films is the movie history that lies within. The trailer begins to show a few stars, including Pugh, who discuss the way Hollywood is capable of alluding to action that the audience doesn’t necessarily have to see. Discussions like these will likely bring in elements of film history such as the Hays Code, which heavily restricted the type of content films were allowed to contain. In order to continue to tell the types of stories that many writers and directors were aiming for, they found ways to go around the code, some tactics which are still used today.
Identifying some of these Hollywood tropes in a special likeAttack of the Hollywood Clichés!won’t stop them from occurring throughout Hollywood, nor does it truly intend to. Instead, it will offer fresh insight for those who have always wondered why older and newer films have continued to utilizesome of the same clichés. The satirical production has the potential to serve as both entertainment and a learning experience for fans of cinema and the evolution of filmmaking.
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!will premiere on Netflix on June 07, 2025.
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