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Being Someone Who Graduated Around This Time: What the $#%?!

posted 13 years ago by asia-13
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Who the hell are these *beep* This is just embarrassing to think THIS is what some moron wrote as a screenplay and it ACTUALLY got made into a film. Just a bunch of stereotypical, white kids (who MUST have weed or BEER.."like now!")/1 black (a few wiggers)/1 latin chick (that I can tell), and an asian dude.

This *beep* movie was laughable, predictable, and insulting. I graduated in 2001 and sure as hell never acted like ANY of the douche-pussies in this movie. Maybe 2001 was a better year.

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[–] Hitmonlee 13 years ago

In fact, you've never done these things because you're just a sheltered little nerd who never got outside mommy and daddy's basement. Does your diet still consist of hot pockets and bagel bites?

[–] worldofbong 13 years ago

Eh, they never did these things cuz this movie is filled with wigger losers.. I graduated around the same time and also don't remember these kids, most of them had probably dropped out or were locked up

What's odd is the archetypes this movie totally missed - where are the preppy jocks? The smart and slightly nerdy but still kinda cool kids that mingled with the popular crowd? Even the goths.. the filmmakers must have hung out with nothing but burnouts growing up.

The kids in this movie weren't very common at our school and certainly weren't popular

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[–] jgtate17 13 years ago

I don't think the movie was meant to be all-encompassing of high school stereotypes. I heard it was based off the experiences growing up of the writer, so thats why you only see a select group of kids. They're not saying every kid is like this, but his clique was. I think it was the themes that were supposed to be more broad and stereotypical, though

[–] Dubz1300 13 years ago

dude, not sure where you grew up...but i graduate in 03, and this movie portrayed EXACTLY how me and freinds partyed...lots of alcohol, weed, and big group partys at a house or out in a field we found...that's all we cared about at the time..

[–] Noufa 12 years ago

Yeah, but most young people still don’t live like this. This movie focuses exclusively on promiscuous kids at their most self-indulgent. That’s fine. Like any other kid, I tested boundaries. But I remember it being more like the movie “Kids”. We weren’t sheltered from consequences. The one time where it seems like the movie will offer a dose of reality, it's just a panic attack. We have more than enough movies about spoiled kids. Some are still good. This one wasn't.

I don't agree with the OP about diversity, though. Throwing in a few more minorities wouldn’t have made it a better movie. This is a predominantly white country with strong informal segregation. Most young people are growing up without much diversity. Movies shouldn’t ignore that reality.

More movies focusing on young minorities would be great. Better Luck Tomorrow, Once Were Warriors, Cooley High & La Bamba were good. But they wouldn’t have worked if the characters were taken away from their authentic context & dumped into movies about white kids. That results in the obnoxious tokenism displayed in this movie.

[–] RedSkies7 11 years ago

So, tokenism is the inclusion of any coloured peoples in a suburban setting? That appears to be the definition of it these days. matter of fact, tokenism actually appears to mean the inclusion of a black face anywhere. Why not just admit it?

[–] AtheistRevolution 10 years ago

No,tokens are stereotypical caricatures just added with no depth,character,etc. This movie was the classic example. The Asian and black kid were nothing but token's to support the white kids.

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