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The Royal Tenenbaums

The Royal Tenenbaums: Dysfunctional Perfection

What defines a “normal” family? This controversial question has puzzled billions around the world for centuries. Since the early 1900s, more artists, writers, and musicians began to portray what they thought constituted a “normal” family. Individuals who were so set on their family image being the norm had a hard time adjusting to all these new ideas. People like Rockwell and Graff clearly state their opinions on what defines the “perfect” family. Wes Anderson, the director of the film The Royal Tenenbaums, ridicules the concept of “normal” and creates the most eccentric, dysfunctional, and self-destructive family on the screen.
The Tenenbaums, the first thing you hear about them explains it all, “Family is not a word…it’s a sentence.” The Tenenbaums are dysfunctional in only a way a movie family can be dysfunctional. The theme of eccentri...

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