Desperately Seeking: Susan

After following Susan to New York and buying her iconic pyramid-motif jacket, Roberta suffers a blow to the head and loses her memory. Mistaken for Susan, she is plunged into a world of underground clubs, mobsters seeking stolen Egyptian earrings, and a new romance with a projectionist named Dez (Aidan Quinn). Cultural Significance and Themes

A free-spirited, bohemian drifter who communicates with her boyfriend via the "Desperately Seeking Susan" classified ads. Desperately Seeking Susan

A bored New Jersey housewife who becomes obsessed with the romantic lives of strangers in the newspaper personals. After following Susan to New York and buying

The film utilizes a "screwball comedy" framework centered on mistaken identity and amnesia: mobsters seeking stolen Egyptian earrings