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GENIUS CHARACTER REVEALS: Young Adult

In this series we look at scenes and moments where a film or TV show has revealed a great deal of character information in a short amount of screen time. Screenwriter Diabo Cody and director Jason Reitman first collaborated on the smash hit JUNO. In 2011 they re-teamed for the indie dramedy YOUNG ADULT. Undoubtedly darker in tone, it manages to introduce its unlikable protagonist in a remarkably efficient opening scene. Young Adult Mavis Gary (Charlize Theron), an author of teen series

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