Sorry it might be a stupid question, it would just be nice for it to be explained in detail
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I'm not sure but when the guy asks her at the end "who are you" I feel like it spins back to how both Alexa and Ben were using Johnny in order to "find" themselves. Ben for his sexual awakening, and Alexa in order to gain more worldly experiences to further her career.
All three wanted to expand their horizons and be more than the labels that they were saddled with at school. Alexia wanted to be an actor so badly that she lost her virginity and engaged in other risky behavior for the life experiences that she felt she needed to be a better actor. She even deferred her college admission with the hopes of moving to New York and pursue her acting dreams. Ben wanted to explore his sexuality. Johnny was searching for a real connection to others who cared about him as a person.
Both Alexia and Ben essentially used Johnny for sex--Alexia to be a better actress and Ben for his first sexual encounter. Johnny craved a close bond with others so much he was willing to accept this awkward "family" if it meant that there was sincere intimacy, sadly there wasn't. Johnny is heartbroken but he becomes the only one of the three who dared to follow his dream. By the end of the film, Alexia gives up her acting ambition and takes the safe route and decides to go to college while Johnny ends up being the actor, as you see him head into the door marked play "rehearsals".
While I think this is a valid point, I interpreted the question "who are you?" slightly different in the context.
The idea that Alexa wanted to become an actress and took the advice that she had to be bold and take risks in order to experience life, and Ben's sexual awakening to me signified that each was trying to let go of who they were and transition to who it is they wanted to be but somehow got lost on the way.
Courtney's reaction to Alexa's new found attitude and behaviour really set the tone.
So when the question "who are you?" was asked, it was a bit of a slap in the face because it would in theory force Alexa to confront the person she never intended to become in order to become the person she wanted to be.
It is so rare that we map the path we take from the person we were to the person we are and worry about the people we had to use, step on or hurt to get to where we thought we wanted to go.
Yeah, I sort of agree with maxie_anarchy. My interpretation is slightly different though. To me, at the end whenever he asked "So who are you supposed to be?" or something like that, the way I saw it was in the literal sense of relation to the members of the play or whatever, the answer was 'nothing' or 'nobody'... because that's pretty much what she would have said had it not cut to credits however, that answer also could have been used in a general sense and deeper meaning whereas 'nothing/nobody' represented what she had become or what she ended up after all... if that makes any sense.
shareYeah I interpreted the 'who are you supposed to be' as also in referrence to the actors in the play. The ending seemed botched up though, they cut too much out of the film.
On another note, I felt so bad for Johnny and didn't want to see that those two were 'using' him...I actually didn't like the way that therapy session he had went down, I didn't think that therapist was good at all...she was cold..not what Johnny needed. I didn't really see them as using Johnny so much, I mean that's what kids in high school do! I wouldn't label it as 'using'..its just part of adolescence, finding oneself and growing up. The word 'use' has the connotation of ill intent to me, and I don't think they did anything consciously or deliberately to hurt Johnny.
....he asked "So who are you supposed to be?" or something like that, the way I saw it was in the literal sense of relation to the members of the play or whatever, the answer was 'nothing' or 'nobody'... because that's pretty much what she would have said had it not cut to credits however, that answer also could have been used in a general sense and deeper meaning whereas 'nothing/nobody' represented what she had become or what she ended up after all... if that makes any sense.
Was the line "who are you supposed to be?" the last moment of the film? I ask because it played on the Logo channel tonight, and they BOTH cut off the end of the scene AND masked a lot of it by running credits over it -- all so they could start one of those idiotic "And whoooo will be going home at the end of thisssssss competition?"crapolae. So I don't really quite know how it actually ended.
shareYes that's the last line... after the guy says that, Alexa looks at him like she doesn't know what to say, then it cuts to credits.
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Thanks to you and the two people who responded. I saw this on Logo and it cut off on me too. I almost lost my tv but luckily it was just my pillow that I threw at it. The movie really should have done more to flesh out and resolve the ending but you have at least helped me to see that there wasn't much beyond Logo's ridiculous butchering of the ending.
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