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What it means
Our interpretation.
Annie's verbal tic is the sound of a clever, anxious person talking her way through a conversation she does not know how to finish. It is endearing precisely because it is not a joke: it is what she says when she runs out of sentences. Fans quote it as shorthand for any breezy dodge, and it helped make Keaton's bumbling, brilliant Annie the template for the quirky romantic lead.
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In Woody Allen's Annie Hall (1977), Annie, played by Diane Keaton, repeats 'La-dee-da, la-dee-da' as a nervous tic when she is flustered or running out of things to say. The early date with Alvy Singer is where the film shows what each is really thinking in subtitles: as she chatters on, the caption reads 'He probably thinks I'm a yoyo.' Critics singled out Keaton's performance, and her dress style as Annie influenced late-1970s fashion.
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