PTA's masterpiece ensemble drama that excited the world with its relay singing of songs from the movie "Magnolia" and shocking scenes *Note! Contains spoilers.

Characters inspired by Aimee Mann songs

Aimee Mann made her major debut with Epic Sony in 1985 as the vocalist and bassist for Till Tuesday. After releasing three albums, he canceled his contract with Epic, the band disbanded, and he has been active as a solo singer-songwriter since 1993.

PTA has been friends with Amy for many years, and during the summer and fall of 1997, when she was preparing for ``Magnolia'', we played demo recordings for her next album (2000's `` Bachelor No. 2 ''). It is said that he received it. For example, one of the songs, `` Deathly ,'' has the lyrics ``Now that I've met you / Would you object to / Never seeing / Each other again.'' The character of Claudia (Melora Walters), a drug-addicted woman, was born from the content of this song. In the scene where she dines with police officer Jim (John C. Reilly) at a restaurant, she utters lines that are almost identical to the lyrics quoted above. PTA added, ``Claudia's story is the core of ' Magnolia,' and all the stories in this work were written based on Claudia. Therefore, it can be said that all the stories were born from Amy's head.'' says.

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The song that is used most impressively in the film is probably `` Wise Up ''. As the main story draws to a close, the nine people, who have made big mistakes, feel stuck, and regret their past actions, sing some of the lyrics to Relay, along with the background music sung by Amy. I will continue to sing like this. The song was originally featured in the 1996 film The Jerry Maguire starring Tom Cruise. The lyrics of ``Wise Up'' similarly contributed to PTA's character development. Specifically, the lyrics of the part sung by Claudia are about drug addiction, the part by quiz show host Jimmy (Philip Baker Hall) is about cancer, and the part by former quiz boy Donnie (William H. Macy) is about drinking. The parts of Earl's second wife Linda (Julianne Moore) are linked to her dying husband's will.

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