"After quitting and building a new, successful company by herself, these men want her back. She rejects their offer by declaring: "I think I'm doing pretty good on my own." Baby Boom would be Keaton's first collaboration with filmmaker Nancy Meyers, who would-starting a few decades later with Something's Gotta Give-help install the actress as a romantic comedy mainstay. Keaton was so associated with the genre that when she died on October 11 at the age of 79, appreciations and obituaries described her as a kind of rom-com icon."
"In one of her earliest roles, in The Godfather, for which director Francis Ford Coppola hired her because she was already known around town for her eccentricity, Keaton sits rapt with her blond curls among all those dark-haired Italian Americans, her not-quite-guileless face flattening as Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) tells her about his mafia family. She doesn't fit in that world-neither physically nor temperamentally-and he abandons her when he rises to the top."
Diane Keaton became associated with romantic comedies after Baby Boom, where a career woman rejects returning to corporate life and declares, 'I think I'm doing pretty good on my own.' She collaborated with Nancy Meyers and later starred in films like Something's Gotta Give, which helped cement her rom-com status. Keaton often portrayed women who value independence and self-reliance, repeatedly conveying that they are fine without traditional romantic or corporate validation. In an early role in The Godfather she plays Kay, someone who does not fit the Corleone world and who is left behind when Michael rises to power. Keaton's performances emphasized autonomy and emotional resilience.
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