I actually know that Ali was a character created for the movie rather than a real historical figure (I went and looked everybody up after I saw the movie for the first time), but the fact that they assigned him a name with those particular initials struck me as either significant, or a pretty big coincidence, so my pet interpretation is that the writers intended there to be some level of subtext there.
If all of that romantic subtext in the film is unintentional, then I'd really start to wonder about the writers and actors ^_^.
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Date: 2006-04-18 01:14 pm (UTC)If all of that romantic subtext in the film is unintentional, then I'd really start to wonder about the writers and actors ^_^.