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while watching the movie i couldn't help think


how are everybody's grades? anyone actually go to class and do assignments?

also why aren't the police investigating the deaths of high school students?

why do all the kids look like they are in their mid 20's? the kid who got blown up at his locker had a gut and looked like he was 25 years old.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_BbtXj2P4g

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As critic Danny Peary said, the film is quite "surreal". It only makes sense if you think of it as a political allegory.

(Oh, but the police *are* conducting an off-screen investigation - Mark and Theresa mention the cops think the kids who were having the three-way in the tent are responsible for the killings.)

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I noticed that most of the kids walk around campus wearing long sleeve shirts and pants. Kids in Malibu didn't dress like that in the '70s! Where are the surfer t-shirts and daisy duke shorts? ;)

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