Thursday, February 20, 2014

Interesting Note

Re: Reality Bites:
The movie holds up, but what you can’t help but notice in 2014 is that it’s the last movie made about young people before the internet. If it had come out even six months later, every character would have had a kicky start-up job. Lelaina would have been a blogger and Vickie would have wasted time in sexy chat rooms. But no: These kids had to exist in the physical world. They had to work at the Gap. They had to start bands and play shows for people. If they had a quip to share, they had to go to where their friends were and say it to their faces. From today’s perspective, Reality Bites might as well be Downton Abbey. 
Of course I've mused about Reality Bites many times myself.

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