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This is the exact same argument the High Strung judges had on if dance should evolve. A vote for the jug band is a vote stodgy old tradition. The vote was symbolic for change and embracing the uncertain future instead dying, clinging to the old ways that kept the citizens of Waterville poor. In this essay, I will explain why Emmett Otter's Jug Band Christmas is a prescient, scathing metaphor for our current political climate...

There are direct similarities to Superbad that can't be ignored. There is a vomiting on another person scene, there's a giant reveal between the two friends that hurts the friendship scene, and there's the fact that Beanie Feldstein is literally Jonah Hill's little sister. I don't believe this movie is ripping off Superbad whatsoever, but there are obvious things that would bring the former movie to mind in regards to this new one, and it would be naive to think they weren't similar. However, I fully believe that Booksmart takes early 2000s tropes and fixes them with this story. Even taking out the fact that it's about two women and one of them is gay, it just fixes some story issues that I had with Superbad and gives EVERY character far more depth than Superbad could have ever dreamed of. I was extremely interested in every single background character they introduced and each one had their own arc throughout this movie. Then you add in the brilliant commentary of being a 17/18 year old girl on her way into adulthood and LGBTQ issues and it's a really fucking fantastic movie.

What I find a bit confusing is the panel of judges at the talent show are all older. The old guard if you will. The audience is a bit younger. They hear this "new" kind of music and go crazy for it. It makes me think back to when rock and roll was introduced and embraced by the youth but rejected by the old guard. This led me to believe the judges would reject the crazy 70s sound of the Soggy Bottom Boys but they voted for them. Were they responding to the crowd? Did they feel intimated by them? Or, maybe, they just know music?

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I coincidentally watched this movie this evening. This movie has a BIG nostalgic effect for me. It reminds me so much of childhood that I feel like I can almost smell it. Re the out-of-place Nightmare band: I actually enjoy the band being of a more modern time than the rest of the setting. I guess it's hard to put my finger on, but Waterville is like an Appalachian town that could have existed in 1977. In many ways more rural parts of the country hadn't modernized much by the late '70s and this old world and new world coexisted fairly accurately. The town had some modern aspects to it. Electricity. Cars. Snowmobiles. I assume this contrast was kind of part of the point. One of the things I love about it though is how their version of modern and edgy is now over 40 years old and for me it has crossed over into quaint and classic. It's like when the Darlings come into Mayberry? (That's a reference the kids are down with, right?)

Yea, I think it's not as bad as some, but it may be a better choice for the show to talk about

Honestly, Spirit is pretty good. It's dumb, but watchable. There are a lot (and I mean A LOT) that are just boring.

Expansion on the Twitter confirmation. At least you can get a refund or transfer your tickets to the new show date!

12 Dates Of Christmas is definitely worthy. As someone who doesn't watch Christmas romance movies, how bad is The Spirit Of Christmas? It's a bad movie but how does it rank compared to other Hallmark Christmas movies? It doesn't seem that much worse from what I've seen.

My Christmas wish For next year would be for them to do either 12 Dates of Christmas, which is basically Groundhog Day meets Hallmark (starring Mark-Paul Gosselaar), or any of the Netflix Romance ones as they are just as ridiculous.

I would like them to revisit the Holiday in Handcuffs film. I just saw that one recently and the amount of bonkers... Why it could easily fit an hour's worth of conversation. Jason could talk about for literally 15 hours about the fashion alone

Yeah. The Darlings are the Otters. Mayberry is Waterville. That episode where James Best is a rockabilly star is The Nightmare Band.

It's absolutely hilarious and in my opinion much funnier than Superbad which I never really got into. As a former type A teenage girl, it was nice to watch a silly teen movie where girls like that were the leads. There's also a bit of absurdism to the movie, which was a welcome surprise. I also appreciated the diverse cast and the LGBTQ representation. Easily one of my top movies of the year.