Les Cousins Dangereux
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Les Cousins Dangereux (a.k.a Dangerous Cousins) is a fictitious film that appears in the television series Arrested Development.
Originally a French film by Francois and Gerard Sasterne, it is about two cousins forced to hide their incestuous love for one another because it is forbidden. The film was later remade by Maeby Fünke for American audiences. While the original received great critical praise (Tim Goodman is quoted on its poster as calling it "a ‘relative’ masterpiece of complex eroticism"), the remake proved to not be as inspired, trying to circumvent controversy by explaining that the lead actors might not be cousins. This action proved to cause the film to lose much of the complex eroticism of the original and was cut down to a length of only 52 minutes. It did, however, receive some commercial success when religious groups protesting the film's themes inadvertently drew curious viewers into the theater.
The movie first appears in the episode "My Mother, The Car" as Maeby and George Michael watch the trailer. Maeby's remake is featured in "Righteous Brothers" (season two) and George Michael's obsession with it is once again referred to in the third season (the episode "Mr. F") when his "Fun and Failure" poster is torn down to reveal a poster for the film.
The trailer introduces the movie with the voiceover "It was a love between two cousins that the world thought was wrong, but it was the world that was wrong..." and snippets of dialogue can be heard in the background while George Michael and Maeby are being ejected from the theatre:
| “ | Male cousin: Tiens, tu veux jouer? (Hey, do you want to play?)
Female cousin: Où sont les adultes? (Where are the grown-ups?) Male cousin: Ils sont sortis (They're out) Female cousin: (inaudible) Male cousin: Oui, très dangereux (Yes, very dangerous) Female cousin: Ce n'est pas possible (It is not possible) |
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| Arrested Development | |
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| Episodes | Season One • Season Two • Season Three |
| Crew | Mitchell Hurwitz • Ron Howard • Paul Feig • Brad Copeland • Ron Weiner |
| Cast | Will Arnett • Jason Bateman • Michael Cera • David Cross • Portia de Rossi • Tony Hale • Alia Shawkat • Jeffrey Tambor • Jessica Walter |
| Characters | Michael • Lindsay • G.O.B. • George Michael • Maeby • Buster • Tobias • George Sr. • Lucille • more |
| Elements | Bluth Company • The Cornballer • Les Cousins Dangereux • Mr. Bananagrabber |
| Broadcasters | Fox Broadcasting Company • G4 • HDNet |
