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Are they all "meta" movies? Like Tropic Thunder is about a war movie, and Singing in the Rain is about a talkie movie?
I don't know Purple Rose of Cairo, so that's just a guess.
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The answer does relate to the fact that all three movies are about movies or movie making - in the case of Purple Rose of Cairo, the plot revolves around the main character watching a film (I think it's supposed to be a screwball comedy) - but the Triad sets these films apart from many other films that are also about movies.
I'll give this hint: the talkie film whose production takes up most of the plot of "Singin' in the Rain" is not relevant to this Triad.
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Hmm, little interest here. How to give another hint without completely giving it away?
The Triad has to do with three film-within-each-film. For Purple Rose of Cairo and Tropic Thunder, the films are the obvious main ones within the movie. For Singin' in the Rain, it has to do with a movie that's implied by the very last shot of the film, starring the movies two leads.
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OK, if possible I don't want to completely kill the thread. I guess I shouldn't have waited this long.
So the answer to the Triad is that each title is the actual name of a fictional film within each real film.
Here is a much easier Triad for anyone who wants to pick it up:
Green Lantern Flash Legion of Super-Heroes
Obviously, the answer is more than that they are DC comics or superheroes, but I think anyone familiar with all three series would pick up a connecting point pretty easily.
Hints: 1. More than just that they are DC comics or superheroes 2. This is true of all Green Lanterns, most Legionnaires from most periods of Legion history, and Barry Allen / Wally West, but not Jay Garrick
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Three people who've never been in my kitchen?
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While I am sure that is true, that is not the link I have for them.
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Hint time: Anna Nicole Smith also fits this Triad
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