The film utilizes a "screwball comedy" framework centered on mistaken identity and amnesia:
A bored New Jersey housewife who becomes obsessed with the romantic lives of strangers in the newspaper personals. Desperately Seeking Susan
After following Susan to New York and buying her iconic pyramid-motif jacket, Roberta suffers a blow to the head and loses her memory. Mistaken for Susan, she is plunged into a world of underground clubs, mobsters seeking stolen Egyptian earrings, and a new romance with a projectionist named Dez (Aidan Quinn). Cultural Significance and Themes The film utilizes a "screwball comedy" framework centered
Released on March 29, 1985, is a landmark "new wave" romantic comedy that serves as a definitive time capsule of mid-1980s New York City. Directed by Susan Seidelman and starring Rosanna Arquette and Madonna , the film was a major commercial and critical success, later selected for preservation in the National Film Registry . Plot and Narrative Style Cultural Significance and Themes Released on March 29,