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Why is it called "Ask Me Anything"?


The book was "Undiscovered Gyrl" or something like that, which makes a little sense.

"Ask Me Anything" makes it sound like she is going to be answering questions online throughout the movie; instead she pretty much ignores any comments that go scrolling across the screen. Were the marketeers trying to feed off the success of the reddit AMA series, which does/did have a huge following and positive press?

It seems silly, but I think the title has a lot to do with the horrible reaction a large number people have had to this movie. I think it certainly colored how I went into the movie. Had I gone in expecting something more introspective I think I would have enjoyed it more; as it was the whole thing was a mess with a Lifetime Movie style "Twist" ending thrown on the end for cheap emotional manipulation.

Although, I have to say the first time it really got under my skin in a bad way was the bookstore owner saying something along the lines of no one ever regretting having the baby. That is such a load of crap, and presented as such wisdom in the movie, that I looked down to see how much movie was left and saw there wouldn't be time to resolve that at all. I guess the "this was all this immature teenager's viewpoint" aspect of the twist softens that rather offensive moralizing a bit, albeit only by invalidating large chunks of the preceding film, but that was the first time my mind switched to the "there is no way this is going to end up as a good movie" mode. I hear the book went the exact opposite way - that the book owner took the main character to get an abortion - which means that this bit of moralizing was inserted into the movie intentionally. Ugh.

Anyway, though, "Ask Me Anything" tells the audience to expect a romcom misguided-advice type of movie. It is a major marketing failure, as much as it would be to call The Shining "Overlooking Our Differences" or something equally smarmy.

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There was a social media website not too long ago named Formspring. Their catchphrase was "Ask Me Anything" - and you could. So, perhaps the title alludes to that, in a way. That we could have learned all we wanted about this girl simply by asking. And yet, it might all have been lies. I otherwise agree with your comments, and would too have preferred another title that might have made more sense.

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I agree with what you said but I have my own interpretation of the title. I think the "ask " in ask me anything is referring to rhetorical questions posed by katie that she doesn't want answered. Its a toungue and cheek title meant to show us that shes telling her story of senseless self indulgence and bad choices and shes not asking for our approval as an audience, her blog is simply inviting us along for the ride. Its further evidence that shes a very unreliable narrator.

"Ask me anything" in non cryptic language translates to "ask me anything but dont except me to answer to your criticism or apologize for living my life."

Josephine Potter: I love you.You know that. And it’s very real.It’s so real...

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Maybe it's in reference to Martin Sheen's character - he is the one she can ask about anything.

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To me it was always a pretty obvious reference to tumblr. The option through which visitors can ask a blogger questions is called "Ask Me Anything". Since tumblr is one of the most popular anonymous blogging platforms, it kind of makes sense.

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