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The film didn't age well


The social-ness, fashion, attitude and spoiled teens just left me with a sour taste albeit it's still watchable if only for Brittany Murphy. Her laughter is memorable.

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Seems like all the fashion is back in today's mainstream trends. Chokers, mini skirts, knee highs, platform shoes.... they've all made a comeback. Not in my closet but you know, if you frequent tumblr maybe.

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I think you just described what makes the movie relevant to this day. The fashion but not be exactly the same but trust me the "social-ness", attitude and spoiled teens are definitely still a thing.

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The fashion didn't age well, but the script did!

But then, the original story had already been around for almost 200 years and is still selling well.

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The joke about Clueless now a days is that the the some parts of it like you mentioned may have aged, but Paul Rudd hasn't. I incidentally watched Ant-Man and the Wasp on TNT after watching Clueless on CBS, and I'm in agreement with everybody else. How come Paul Rudd virtually looks the same in the MCU as he did when he did Clueless back in the '90s?

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I'd disagree.

I think it helped birth today and is as relevant as ever.

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Totally disagree. I watch this film every few years, and consider it a classic.

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To me it's aged well in the way some films become like a time capsule of their era -- but in a good way, not a bad way. It's definitely one of the most Ninetiest films out there, packed with references that were very much of their specific time (Pauly Shore, Beavis & Butthead, etc).

But with some films, that kind of thing makes them even more delightful and watchable, while others just seem cheesily out of date. I think it works with Clueless. I just saw it again today and I still laugh at the great script.

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I agree, this was a fun movie that still works today.

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It really does, doesn't it? It's so of its time, you wouldn't think it would, but it's still fun today in all the best ways.

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Yes, it still works. It's fun and it has a good heart.

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So being sociable and spoiled teens are a 90s phenomenon?

Also disagree about the clothes, I still love them, plaid, miniskirts, high socks, etc.

Last, will you say the same thing about clothes from A Rebel without a Cause, Some Kind of Wonderful, and Plein Soleil? Each decade has a staple signature fashion and though they mark the era, many of us still love the fashion from these periods, be it the 20s, 40s, or 80s.

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I never understood the “film didn’t age well” mentality.

Well then, neither did Gone With The Wind, nor Rebel Without A Cause, nor Dirty Harry, nor The Pelican Brief nor The Big Chill.

And how is “attitude” or “spoiled teens” a “didn’t age well” thing. Name a year in the last 80 years there weren’t spoiled teens or teens with attitudes here and there.

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I wonder if Murray and to a certain extent, Dionne would be considered as negative stereotypes for black people? I mean, they are the only major black characters in Clueless. I don't know how to fully or properly explain it other than they fit in to the stereotypes that black people are no good besides being aggressive and confrontational acting. Murray in particular, is pretty much a caricature of a '90s era black "gangsta" (somebody who would be more at home in a Snoop Doggy Dogg or Dr. Dre video than in Beverly Hills).

https://clueless106.wordpress.com/2016/02/01/clueless-about-the-racial-power-relations-in-clueless/

https://clueless1995.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/clueless-racial-analysis/

https://www.thelist.com/90307/things-clueless-notice-adult/

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Jesus! You SJWs never stop overanalyzing and finding things to get offended by.

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What do you expect from a lemming?

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The OP was made by a spoiled, attitudinal teen who’s trying to pretend not to be one, and too dim to realize the impression she’s making.

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