Woody Allen's BLUE JASMINE starring Cate Blanchett

Yes, his cultural disconnect matches up nicely with this character.

All of Woody's working-class males match the "It's for my bruddah" autograph seeker inAnnie Hall.

Allen grew up in working class Brooklyn, but he has seemed to spare little thought for it since leaving. Manhattan always exuded the powerful gravitational pull for him that it often does for outer-borough aspiring artist types. New York in his movies is mostly synonymous with the Manhattan cultural elite.

In this interview I linked in the general WA thread, he says that "living in New York has got to be made practical for the middle class," but lays emphasis on Manhattan rather than Brooklyn, which in his standup routine 50 years ago he called "the very Heart of the Old World."

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/07/18/woody-allen-on-magic-in-the-moonlight-the-crisis-in-gaza-new-york-city-and-those-allegations.html

This was disappointing. I was one of those people who said "Midnight in Paris" was the best Woody film since.... It had charm and a magic to it. Yes, it was fluffy but entertaining fluff nevertheless. I always commend anyone for trying to make an IMPORTANT FILM about the fallout from the recession but this never convinced me at all. The writing and characterization was pretty shaky. Did anyone else think it was ridiculous that Sarsgaard's character proposed to her after what seemed like a week? Allen has no idea how to write working-class characters either. They all looked and sounded like they stepped off of the set of Jersey Shore. Cate Blanchett was terrific though.

* drinks from glass of vodka clutched in shaking hand *

*pops a pill*