great moments in teen crud
well, i love this scene. i do.
from the song by one-hit wonder six pence none the richer...
Kiss me down by the broken tree house
Swing me upon its hanging tire
Bring, bring, bring your flowered hat
We'll take the trail marked on your father's map (erm)
to everything that is cheesy and corny in this oft-told tale of the ugly duckling turned stunning swan. though in my book she was cuter with the specs and overhauls, still...
oh and, can we dwell, on the fab casting. rachel leigh cook (who played parker posey as a child in house of yes.) to freddie prinze Jnr. (Mr. Buffy in real life). to the sassy Anna Paquin. to the dark and twisted clea duvall. oh i could go on and on. the school sets are the same ones as sunnydale high and the slayer herself makes the briefest of cameos as a cafeteria waitress. lest we forget, this pygmalion-esque teen crudder features the GREATEST prom dance scene ever to the beat of fat boy slim. what can i say? cheesy and corny am i.
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It was also my first introduction to the charms of the lush Paul Walker's bottom, so gets extra credit in my book.
I too thought RLC looked better in dungarees, but the idea that she was, at that stage, ugly was, frankly, laughable, which undermined the main premise of the movie.
I stopped watching FPJ movies when he starred in Scooby-Doo. I just couldn't bear the idea of one of my favourite childhood animations being messed around with by a group of actors, larking about. But last week my barber told me it was pretty good. I dunno.
well of course the notion that she was ugly to start with was utterly ridiculous but that is part of the charm of these glorified highschool scenarios. who needs reality when it's staring at you in the face each day. now, scooby doo was NOT half bad i'll have you know. but see the director's cut. it's got a certain subversive charm and since it plays up to cartoon lovers. we all know that fred was a total puffter. daphne a total dyke. and scooby and shaggy total stoners with the constant munchies. and there is a great dig at the expense of scrappy, who all scooby lovers detest. lillard is also fab (in both she's all that and scoobs).
here's a twister: Sixpence None the Richer was a rock band named after a passage in C. S. Lewis's Mere Christianity. Guitarist/songwriter Matt Slocum met vocalist Leigh Bingham Nash at a church retreat in the early 1990s!
oh hush Staying mum. i wasn't going to bring up the creepy christian subplot...
kumbaya anyone?
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