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The fame thing isn't really real. Don't forget, I'm also just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love me.
— Anna · Notting Hill
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Anna shrugs off the fame and reduces herself to something simple. She's just a girl standing in front of a boy, hoping he'll love her. The vulnerability lands because someone famous is describing an ordinary, exposed wish.
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