In the late 1990s, Arnold Schwarzenegger released a phrase to students that angered screenwriter Michael Arndt: “If there’s something I hate, they’re the losers.” Repulsed by that obsession of winning at all costs, Arndt decided to respond by writing Little Miss Sunshine (2006). To challenge the actor’s philosophy, he created the Hoover family, a group of characters that fit perfectly into Schwarzenegger’s definition of “failed”: A father in ban…
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In the late 1990s, Arnold Schwarzenegger released a phrase to students that angered screenwriter Michael Arndt: “If there’s something I hate, they’re the losers.” Repulsed by that obsession of winning at all costs, Arndt decided to respond by writing Little Miss Sunshine (2006). To challenge the actor’s philosophy, he created the Hoover family, a group of characters that fit perfectly into Schwarzenegger’s definition of “failed”: A father in ban…