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** The film also portrays Priscilla as being a loving, if not unintentional neglectful mother and Elvis as an uncaring, uninterested dad who prefers getting high on prescription drugs rather than being with his own newborn daughter.
In real life, Elvis was well known to be an extremely adoring father, while Priscilla on the other hand, had an extremely strained relationship with Lisa Marie after Elvis died, with some people saying they witnessed her verbally and physically abusing Lisa.

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** The film also portrays Priscilla as being a loving, if not unintentional neglectful mother and Elvis as an uncaring, uninterested dad who prefers getting high on prescription drugs rather than being with his own newborn daughter. \n In real life, Elvis was well known to be an extremely adoring father, while Priscilla on the other hand, had an extremely strained relationship with Lisa Marie after Elvis died, with some people saying they witnessed her verbally and physically abusing Lisa.

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** The film also portrays Priscilla as being a loving, if not unintentional neglectful mother and Elvis as an uncaring, uninterested dad. In real life, Elvis was well known to be an extremely adoring father, while Priscilla on the other hand, had an extremely strained relationship with Lisa Marie after Elvis died, with some people saying they witnessed her verbally and physically abusing Lisa.

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** The film also portrays Priscilla as being a loving, if not unintentional neglectful mother and Elvis as an uncaring, uninterested dad. dad who prefers getting high on prescription drugs rather than being with his own newborn daughter.
In real life, Elvis was well known to be an extremely adoring father, while Priscilla on the other hand, had an extremely strained relationship with Lisa Marie after Elvis died, with some people saying they witnessed her verbally and physically abusing Lisa. Lisa.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: It could be argued that Elvis's character is subjected to this. The film heavily emphasises his flaws and his poor treatment of his girlfriend-later-wife and ignores his good qualities such as his generous donations to charity organisations, his provision of financial support for his friends and family and his healthy relationship with his daughter. The movie has two poignant scenes of Elvis's unpleasant behaviour (such as Elvis throwing a chair in Priscilla's direction out of anger and Elvis [[spoiler: attempting to sexually assault Priscilla.]] Creator/PriscillaPresley said that these incidents didn't actually happen in real life and that she pressured to make them up to help with sales of her autobiography.
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** The film also portrays Priscilla as being a loving, if not unintentional neglectful mother and Elvis as an uncaring, uninterested dad. In real life, Elvis was well known to be an extremely adoring father, while Priscilla on the other hand, had an extremely strained relationship with Lisa Marie after Elvis died, with some people saying they witnessed her verbally and physically abusing Lisa.
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* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: In this film, Priscilla is portrayed as loyal, devoted and sympathetic. The film leaves out her own infidelity, including her affair with Mike Stone, a married karate instructor. Priscilla's parents are also portrayed as being caring and overprotective. In real life, they pressured Elvis into marrying Priscilla by threatening to get him arrested. Also, Priscilla's school friends have revealed that Priscilla's parents strongly encouraged her to date him and opposed her relationships with teenage boys. [[note]] Suzanne Finstad conducted interviews with Priscilla's childhood friends in her unauthorised biography about Priscilla and they told her this.[[/note]]

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* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: In this film, Priscilla is portrayed as loyal, devoted and sympathetic. The film leaves out her own infidelity, including her affair with Mike Stone, a married karate instructor. Priscilla's parents are also portrayed as being caring and overprotective. In real life, they pressured Elvis into marrying Priscilla by threatening to get him arrested. arrested under the Mann Act. Also, Priscilla's school friends have revealed that Priscilla's parents strongly encouraged her to date him Elvis and opposed her relationships with teenage boys. [[note]] Suzanne Finstad conducted interviews with Priscilla's childhood friends in her unauthorised biography about Priscilla and they told her this.[[/note]]
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* GildedCage: Priscilla becomes trapped in her relationship with the super-wealthy Elvis, spending long periods of time doing almost nothing in his lavish mansion.
* GreaterScopeVillain: "Villain" is probably too dramatic a word for this context, but a lot (though not all) of Elvis' behaviour in this film is implied to be because of his treatment at the hands of Colonel Tom Parker, [[TheGhost who never appears on screen]].

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* GildedCage: Priscilla becomes trapped in her relationship with the super-wealthy Elvis, spending long periods of time doing almost nothing in his lavish mansion.
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* GreaterScopeVillain: "Villain" is probably too dramatic a word for this context, but a lot (though not all) of Elvis' behaviour behavior in this film is implied to be because of his treatment at the hands of Colonel Tom Parker, UsefulNotes/ColonelTomParker, [[TheGhost who never appears on screen]].
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* CentralTheme: Teenage angst, social and celebrity status, and the dangers of moving too fast too young, especially in a life where you are dating a famous star.
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* MessyHair: Priscilla's hair is messed up and unkempt following her first time having sex with Elvis. Much to her parents' chagrin.


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* SexDressed: After Priscilla and Elvis had sex for the first time together as a couple, she appears at the airport to be picked up by her parents sporting wild messy hair that contrasts with her neat outfit. Her parents are not pleased.
* SexyDiscretionShot: When Priscilla loses her virginity to Elvis, there's a shot of them sharing an embrace and looking longingly into one another's eyes. The next shot shows her exiting the airport well dressed but sporting very disheveled hair.
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* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: In this film, Priscilla is portrayed as loyal, devoted and sympathetic. The film leaves out her own infidelity, including her affair with Mike Stone, a married karate instructor. Priscilla’s parents are also portrayed as being caring and overprotective. In real life, they pressured Elvis into marrying Priscilla by threatening to get him arrested. Also, Priscilla’s school friends have revealed that Priscilla’s parents strongly encouraged her to date him. [[note]] Suzanne Finstad conducted interviews with Priscilla’s childhood friends in her unauthorised biography about Priscilla and they told her this.[[/note]]

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* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: In this film, Priscilla is portrayed as loyal, devoted and sympathetic. The film leaves out her own infidelity, including her affair with Mike Stone, a married karate instructor. Priscilla’s parents are also portrayed as being caring and overprotective. In real life, they pressured Elvis into marrying Priscilla by threatening to get him arrested. Also, Priscilla’s school friends have revealed that Priscilla’s parents strongly encouraged her to date him.him and opposed her relationships with teenage boys. [[note]] Suzanne Finstad conducted interviews with Priscilla’s childhood friends in her unauthorised biography about Priscilla and they told her this.[[/note]]
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''Priscilla'' is an American biographical drama film directed by Creator/SofiaCoppola about Creator/PriscillaPresley (played here by Creator/CaileeSpaeny), the wife of Music/{{Elvis|Presley}}. It is adapted from the memoir ''Elvis and Me''.

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''Priscilla'' is an a 2023 American biographical drama film directed by Creator/SofiaCoppola about Creator/PriscillaPresley (played here by Creator/CaileeSpaeny), the wife of Music/{{Elvis|Presley}}. It is adapted from the memoir ''Elvis and Me''.
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* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: In this film, Priscilla is portrayed as loyal, devoted and sympathetic. The film leaves out her own infidelity, including her affair with Mike Stone, a married karate instructor. Priscilla’s parents are also portrayed as being caring and overprotective. In real life, they pressured Elvis into marrying Priscilla by threatening to get him arrested. Also, Priscilla’s school friends have revealed that Priscilla’s parents strongly encouraged her to date him. [[note]] Suzanne Finstad conducted interviews with Priscilla’s childhood friends in her unauthorised biography about Priscilla and they told her this[[/note]]

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* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: In this film, Priscilla is portrayed as loyal, devoted and sympathetic. The film leaves out her own infidelity, including her affair with Mike Stone, a married karate instructor. Priscilla’s parents are also portrayed as being caring and overprotective. In real life, they pressured Elvis into marrying Priscilla by threatening to get him arrested. Also, Priscilla’s school friends have revealed that Priscilla’s parents strongly encouraged her to date him. [[note]] Suzanne Finstad conducted interviews with Priscilla’s childhood friends in her unauthorised biography about Priscilla and they told her this[[/note]]this.[[/note]]

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