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* ActorAllusion: When Davis tries to give his nurse some money, she refuses, so he hugs her and slips the money in her pocket. In ''Film/MyBlueHeaven'', Creator/SteveMartin's character did the same thing with a flight attendant.
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* CovertPervert: When Dee and Jane are sitting together in the coffee shop:
-->'''Dee''': We must be going about this whole thing wrong or something.\\
'''Jane''': What "thing"?\\
'''Dee''': The "love" thing. The "touch" thing. Where there's somebody to touch you, real nice and gentle.\\
'''Jane''': It doesn't have to be ''that'' gentle.


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* InnocentlyInsensitive: When Davis is riding with Mack and Vanessa on the way home from the hospital, Davis discusses the baby Claire wants to adopt and why Mack is against it, which brings Vanessa, Davis' girlfriend, to tears. After Vanessa composes herself, she confesses she's always wanted children and she worries Davis doesn't.
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* CatapaultNightmare: Claire's DreamSequence ends up like this.

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* CatapaultNightmare: CatapultNightmare: Claire's DreamSequence ends up like this.
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* CatapaultNightmare: Claire's DreamSequence ends up like this.
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''Grand Canyon'' is a 1991 drama directed and co-written by Creator/LawrenceKasdan and featuring an ensemble cast including Creator/KevinKline, Creator/DannyGlover, Creator/MaryMcDonnell, Creator/SteveMartin, Creator/MaryLouiseParker, Creator/AlfreWoodard, and Jeremy Sisto. The movie follows how a chance encounter between Kline's white upper-middle-class lawyer Mack, and Glover's black working-class tow truck driver Simon, ultimately affects the lives of each other's families and friends.

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''Grand Canyon'' is a 1991 drama directed and co-written by Creator/LawrenceKasdan and featuring an ensemble cast including Creator/KevinKline, Creator/DannyGlover, Creator/MaryMcDonnell, Creator/SteveMartin, Creator/MaryLouiseParker, Creator/AlfreWoodard, and Jeremy Sisto.Creator/JeremySisto. The movie follows how a chance encounter between Kline's white upper-middle-class lawyer Mack, and Glover's black working-class tow truck driver Simon, ultimately affects the lives of each other's families and friends.
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* YourCheatingHeart / SleepingWithTheBoss: Mack with Dee, albeit only for one night. Her frustration comes from the fact that [[MasterOfTheMixedMessage Mack doesn't discourage her attentions, yet isn't willing to commit to an affair]].
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* BlackBestFriend: Jane to Dee.
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* SceneryPorn: The film has several beautiful shots of Los Angeles, both during daylight and during the night. While recovering in the hospital, Davis asked one of the nurses to leave the curtains open all night because he wanted to see the shot of the entire city during the sunrise.
** Also the shot of the Grand Canyon at the end of the film.
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* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Averted; Claire wants to keep the abandoned baby because it's implied she's suffering from EmptyNest feelings. However Mack is reluctant to go through all the stress of raising a child all over again, now that his son has reached adulthood.

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* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Averted; Claire wants to keep the abandoned baby because it's implied she's suffering from EmptyNest feelings. However Mack is reluctant to go through all the stress of raising a child all over again, now that his son has reached adulthood.

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* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Averted; Claire wants to keep the abandoned baby because it's implied she's suffering from EmptyNest feelings. However Mack is reluctant to go through all the stress of raising a child all over again, now that his son has reached adulthood.



* YourCheatingHeart / SleepingWithTheBoss: Mack with Dee, albeit only for one night.

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* YourCheatingHeart / SleepingWithTheBoss: Mack with Dee, albeit only for one night. Her frustration comes from the fact that [[MasterOfTheMixedMessage Mack doesn't discourage her attentions, yet isn't willing to commit to an affair]].

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* JustAFleshWound: Averted. When Davis gets shot in his leg, he spends weeks in rehab. LaserGuidedKarma for an action-movie director who regularly employs the trope.



-->'''Simon:''' Really? [beat] Huh, I don't know him much either. That's funny...maybe we're the only two black people he's ever met.

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-->'''Simon:''' Really? [beat] ''[{{beat}}]'' Huh, I don't know him much either. That's funny...maybe we're the only two black people he's ever met.

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