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Where Do the Introverted Teen Boys Go After a Life-Changing Summer?

An examination of the sensitive and timid teenage boy character through ‘No Hard Feelings’ and ‘The Way Way Back’

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Akos Peterbencze
Aug 18, 2023
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Andrew Barth Feldman as Percy in No Hard Feelings

Hollywood loves returning to certain character types that served them well over the years. The awkward and bashful high school boy is a popular one — to the point of virtually being a cliché — that b…

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