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| − | The '''Pigeon Lady''' is the deuteragonist from the 1992 film ''[[Home Alone 2: Lost in New York]]''. She was portrayed by [[Brenda Fricker]]. |
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| − | ===''Home Alone 2''=== |
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| − | The first time Kevin sees her is when he hears the sound of a pigeon’s wings flapping and looks to see where it came from, and is surprised when he sees the Pigeon Lady. |
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| + | |Actor = [[Brenda Fricker]] |
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| + | |Appearances = ''[[Home Alone 2: Lost in New York]]'' |
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| + | {{Quote|I'm like the birds I care for. People pass me in the street. They see me but they try to ignore me. They prefer I wasn't in their city.||Home Alone 2: Lost in New York}} |
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| + | This '''unnamed woman''' lived homeless in [[New York City]], where she often spent her time with [[pigeons]] in [[Central Park]]. She only appeared in [[Home Alone 2: Lost in New York|the second film]], in which she is credited as the '''Pigeon Lady'''. |
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| − | Later on, using his father’s address book, Kevin gets to his uncle Rob’s home, but the door is locked and the home is being renovated, as Uncle Rob and his wife are still living abroad in Paris. While wandering the streets, Kevin eventually becomes wary of a few homeless people and two prostitutes, and then gets paranoid of a taxi driver when he tries to get a ride. Finally, Kevin goes into Central Park, where he encounters the Pigeon Lady again. He attempts to run, but gets his foot caught. She frees him, and Kevin apologizes for being scared of her. They go to a concert in a loft above Carnegie Hall, and hear “Oh, Come All Ye Faithful”. |
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| − | There, she tells Kevin about having heard the world’s great music from the loft: Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra and Luciano Pavoratti. When Kevin asks her if she brings her friends up to the loft, she tells him she hasn’t got many friends. When Kevin apologizes for that, she says that she’s like the birds she cares for. People pass her in the street; they see her, but they try to ignore her, as they’d prefer she wasn’t part of their city. Kevin agrees with that and refers to himself as the “pigeon” of the house because of his being the youngest. The Pigeon Lady nods and says that everyone fights for position and wants to be seen and heard (implying that she herself had probably grown up in a family similar to Kevin’s). |
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| + | At some point in time, the woman had a job, a family, and was in love with a man who eventually fell out of love with her. As a result, she refused to fall in love again, and stopped trusting others. |
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| + | Over the years, she became homeless and would tend to the pigeons in [[Central Park]]. One day, she encountered [[Kevin McCallister]]; Kevin quietly exclaimed "Sick!" and ran away from her, scared. |
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| − | After Kevin replies that he is seen and heard pretty much (but also gets sent to his room a lot as well), the Pigeon Lady tells him that she was not always like how she is now. Kevin asks what she was like before, and she replies that she had a job, a home and a family. But then it had all fallen apart: she had wanted kids, but the man she loved fell out of love with her. This broke her heart, and whenever the chance to be loved came along again, she ran away from it. As a result, she stopped trusting people, and her way of coping was taking care of the pigeons in the park (which led to her current distraught and homeless state). When Kevin tells her that that seemed like sort of a dumb thing to do, she replies that she was afraid of getting her heart broken again before adding, “You see, sometimes you can trust a person, and then when things are down, they forget about you.” |
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| + | Later, the two encountered each other a second time. He attempted to run from her, but got his foot caught. She freed him, and Kevin started to run, but stopped and apologized for being scared of her. After she give him some birdseed and had him throw in in the air, to attract the pigeons, they went to a concert in a loft above [[Carnegie Hall]] and heard a performance of "[[Oh, Come All Ye Faithful]]." |
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| − | The Pigeon Lady also tells Kevin that a good deed erases a bad one, and that on Christmas Eve, good deeds count for extra tonight, and suggests to Kevin that he think of the most important thing he can do for others, and go and do it. |
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| + | There, she told Kevin about having heard the world's great music from the loft: [[Ella Fitzgerald]], [[Count Basie]], [[Frank Sinatra]] and [[Luciano Pavoratti]]. When Kevin asked her if she brought her friends up to the loft, she told him she did not have many friends. When Kevin apologized, she explained that she was like the birds she cared for in that people would ignore her and wish she was not there. Kevin admitted that he could relate to this, feeling as though he was his household's "pigeon" since he was the youngest. The Pigeon Lady then explained to Kevin her past about how she once had a career and a fiancée, but was then dumped, and has been afraid to talk to, or trust anyone since. She advised him that a good deed erases a bad one, and that on Christmas Eve, good deeds counted for extra. She suggested to Kevin that he think of the most important thing he could do for others, and go and do it. Kevin told her that if she needed someone to trust, it could be him, and that he would not forget to remember her, and the Pigeon Lady then gave one final parting piece of advice, telling him not to make promises he could not keep. |
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| − | “Just follow the star in your own heart.” |
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| ⚫ | Later, when [[Harry Lyme|Harry]] and [[Marv Murchins|Marv]] brought Kevin to Central Park and Harry had Kevin at gunpoint, the Pigeon Lady came along with a bucket of birdseed, and told them to let Kevin go. When they do so, she screamed at Kevin to run. Harry attempted to shoot her, but was unable to do so (because of his gun having been jammed with varnish). The Pigeon Lady then threw the birdseed onto Harry and Marv, prompting pigeons to attack them and knock Harry and Marv to the ground, and the Pigeon Lady laughed. When Kevin thanked her, she blew him a kiss in return. |
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| − | Kevin eventually tells her that if she needs someone to trust, it could be him, and that he won’t forget to remember her, and the Pigeon Lady then gives one final parting piece of advice (which consists of “Don’t make promises you can’t keep”) before smiling herself as her way of saying “thanks” to Kevin. |
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| ⚫ | The [[Christmas|next day]], Kevin ran into the park and they wished each other a Merry Christmas. Kevin then gave her one of two turtledoves that Mr. [[E.F. Duncan|Duncan]] had given him, and then added that as long as they each had a turtledove, they would be friends forever. The Pigeon Lady was touched by this and thanked Kevin, who reaffirmed his promise to be her friend. She smiled and they hugged. |
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| ⚫ | Later, when Harry and Marv |
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| ⚫ | The next day, Kevin |
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==Trivia== |
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| − | Her role in the film is very similar to that of [[Old Man Marley]] from [[Home Alone |
+ | *Her role in the film is very similar to that of [[Marley|Old Man Marley]] from [[Home Alone|the first movie]]; both appeared menacing at first, but turned out to be quite friendly but misunderstood, and both intervened when the bad guys cornered Kevin while wearing the same boots, and also having good endings. [[Mr. Prescott]] from [[Home Alone 4|the fourth movie]] also has a similar role, but instead of Harry, Marv's wife [[Vera]] appears. |
| + | *She alludes to "Feed The Birds" from Mary Poppins. |
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| + | *When Kevin said he was the pigeon of the house just because of his being the youngest, the Pigeon Lady agrees, saying that everyone fights for position, and everybody wants to be seen, and heard; this implies that she herself had possibly grown up in a family similar to Kevin's. |
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Revision as of 22:47, 25 September 2021
"I'm like the birds I care for. People pass me in the street. They see me but they try to ignore me. They prefer I wasn't in their city."[src]
This unnamed woman lived homeless in New York City, where she often spent her time with pigeons in Central Park. She only appeared in the second film, in which she is credited as the Pigeon Lady.
Biography
At some point in time, the woman had a job, a family, and was in love with a man who eventually fell out of love with her. As a result, she refused to fall in love again, and stopped trusting others.
Over the years, she became homeless and would tend to the pigeons in Central Park. One day, she encountered Kevin McCallister; Kevin quietly exclaimed "Sick!" and ran away from her, scared.
Later, the two encountered each other a second time. He attempted to run from her, but got his foot caught. She freed him, and Kevin started to run, but stopped and apologized for being scared of her. After she give him some birdseed and had him throw in in the air, to attract the pigeons, they went to a concert in a loft above Carnegie Hall and heard a performance of "Oh, Come All Ye Faithful."
There, she told Kevin about having heard the world's great music from the loft: Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra and Luciano Pavoratti. When Kevin asked her if she brought her friends up to the loft, she told him she did not have many friends. When Kevin apologized, she explained that she was like the birds she cared for in that people would ignore her and wish she was not there. Kevin admitted that he could relate to this, feeling as though he was his household's "pigeon" since he was the youngest. The Pigeon Lady then explained to Kevin her past about how she once had a career and a fiancée, but was then dumped, and has been afraid to talk to, or trust anyone since. She advised him that a good deed erases a bad one, and that on Christmas Eve, good deeds counted for extra. She suggested to Kevin that he think of the most important thing he could do for others, and go and do it. Kevin told her that if she needed someone to trust, it could be him, and that he would not forget to remember her, and the Pigeon Lady then gave one final parting piece of advice, telling him not to make promises he could not keep.
Later, when Harry and Marv brought Kevin to Central Park and Harry had Kevin at gunpoint, the Pigeon Lady came along with a bucket of birdseed, and told them to let Kevin go. When they do so, she screamed at Kevin to run. Harry attempted to shoot her, but was unable to do so (because of his gun having been jammed with varnish). The Pigeon Lady then threw the birdseed onto Harry and Marv, prompting pigeons to attack them and knock Harry and Marv to the ground, and the Pigeon Lady laughed. When Kevin thanked her, she blew him a kiss in return.
The next day, Kevin ran into the park and they wished each other a Merry Christmas. Kevin then gave her one of two turtledoves that Mr. Duncan had given him, and then added that as long as they each had a turtledove, they would be friends forever. The Pigeon Lady was touched by this and thanked Kevin, who reaffirmed his promise to be her friend. She smiled and they hugged.
Trivia
- Her role in the film is very similar to that of Old Man Marley from the first movie; both appeared menacing at first, but turned out to be quite friendly but misunderstood, and both intervened when the bad guys cornered Kevin while wearing the same boots, and also having good endings. Mr. Prescott from the fourth movie also has a similar role, but instead of Harry, Marv's wife Vera appears.
- She alludes to "Feed The Birds" from Mary Poppins.
- When Kevin said he was the pigeon of the house just because of his being the youngest, the Pigeon Lady agrees, saying that everyone fights for position, and everybody wants to be seen, and heard; this implies that she herself had possibly grown up in a family similar to Kevin's.