I watched the movie again last night. Sure, it’s not perfect (Wedding is my favourite, and then 2), and some here may think it’s too Jewish, but I still genuinely like it. Like, it’s no worse than the original Mean Girls or Superbad, and it hasn’t aged that badly. Some of the humour is still reasonably current - it’s literally where we got “MILF” from, after all!
Yet Zoomers won’t watch it (but Rocky Horror is ok, because it’s “queer”?) and the “new media” constantly calls it problematic, to the point of at least one “viral” article a year to that effect, which is just… Pathetic really. Especially since even my extremely normie, straight-laced parents had to admit that they have chuckled at it a few times…
Honestly, I just wish I had first seen the movie when I was a teen, rather than in my twenties. I probably could have done with a dose of that, growing up.
Also, prime Tara Reid, Natasha Lyonne and Shannon Elizabeth (though not Alyson Hannigan or Mena Suvari, IMHO), so there’s that, too…
And that’s who the entertainment industry listens to. American Pie came out when I was in high school and I remember a critic calling it Fast Times at Ridgemont High for the 90s. I’m happy to have grown up in the 80s and 90s. These young people watch old shows or movies and then run to social media and whine about them
Reminds me of when Jezebel used to write an article about how transphobic and racist friends was once a quarter. They truly live a miserable existence and want to drag everyone down there with them.
Made me add Friends to my queue to watch. I’ve seen Leave it to Beaver get attacked for outdated values from a white perspective.
First few seasons are fairly decent. I didn't watch much after that but it got too into the Ross/Rachel drama for my taste.
Probably the most beautiful sitcom cast in History though.