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What follows is a "what if" montage. Hurwitz reprises the film’s "Epilogue" theme, showing us an alternate reality where Sebastian kissed Mia harder, where he went to Paris with her, where they had a child. It is a Technicolor dream sequence that mirrors the fantasy of the opening.

On the surface, the plot is simple. Mia is a barista and aspiring actress who auditions for pilots and horror movies, only to be interrupted by the director’s phone calls. Sebastian is a jazz purist who dreams of opening his own club, "The Chicken on a Stick," but finds himself playing "Jingle Bells" at a tiki restaurant to pay the bills. La La Land

In an age of algorithmic content, La La Land is a defiantly human work. It celebrates the pain of creation. It tells young artists that the rejection, the awful auditions, the empty bank accounts—they are the price of admission. What follows is a "what if" montage