Harvey Pekar in American Splendor

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Harvey Pekar in American Splendor is the neurotic, blue-collar file clerk and underground comic book writer whose everyday struggles and observations form the basis of the film’s offbeat, autobiographical narrative.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictionalized version of real person
film character
adaptationOf Harvey Pekar in the American Splendor comics
alsoPortrayedBy Harvey Pekar
surface form: Harvey Pekar (as himself)
appearsIn American Splendor
surface form: American Splendor (film)
appearsInGenre biographical film
comedy-drama film
associatedWith underground comix movement
basedOn Harvey Pekar
centralTheme everyday struggles
mundane observations
characterArc from frustrated file clerk to recognized comic writer
conflict creative dissatisfaction
financial insecurity
health problems
createsWork American Splendor
surface form: American Splendor (comic series)
filmCharacterType anti-hero
genre autobiographical comics
knownFor turning everyday life into comic stories
maritalStatus married
medium underground comics
narrativeDevice breaks the fourth wall
narrativeFunction autobiographical narrator
narrativePerspective subjective first-person
narrativeRole protagonist
narrativeStyle offbeat
slice of life
occupation comic book writer
file clerk
personalityTrait neurotic
philosophy finding meaning in the mundane
portrayedBy Paul Giamatti
settingContext Cleveland
surface form: Cleveland, Ohio
socialClass blue-collar
spouse Joyce Brabner (American Splendor character)
storySource his own life
theme artistic frustration
existential anxiety
ordinary daily routines
working-class life
tone deadpan
self-deprecating
worksAt Veterans Administration hospital (Cleveland)

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Description of subject: Harvey Pekar in American Splendor is the neurotic, blue-collar file clerk and underground comic book writer whose everyday struggles and observations form the basis of the film’s offbeat, autobiographical narrative.

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Paul Giamatti playedCharacter Harvey Pekar in American Splendor