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Jun 2, 2023Liked by Luiza B. Campos

Great insight to touch on a classic like Napoleon Dynamite, which is practically a study in confidence, both over and under. It’s interesting how both the would-be photographer Deb and Napoleon’s uncle Rico are doing what we used to call door-to-door sales, which requires extraordinary confidence to be successful.

One of my favorite scenes is Deb and Rico in his photo shoot:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eN7YUi3Zx8

It’s also worth noting that the filmmakers, Jared and Jarusha Hess, had to be confident that their eccentric sense of humor would stand up against the conventions of high school movie comedy.

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The whole point of confidence is having clarity of ideas inside your head. I found this piece of yours resonating with the book : Quiet by Susan Cain.

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