444 - Clueless (Encore)
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John August
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 19 November 2024
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
John and Craig analyze the iconic 1995 comedy Clueless, and why they’re majorly, totally, butt crazy in love with it.
A contemporary adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma set in Beverly Hills, Clueless follows protagonist Cher as she tries to do ‘good’ through make-over montages and match-making attempts. We discuss how the movie sets up the characters in the first ten minutes, why Cher’s voiceover works so well, and how Clueless ushered in a new era of teen movies.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is John. Back in April 2020, Craig and I did a deep dive on 1995's Clueless, written and directed by Amy Heckerling, which is one of my favorite movies of all time. |
| 0:10.9 | Now, we recorded this episode during those early weeks of the pandemic, and it was honestly nice to have something so fun and familiar to focus on. |
| 0:18.2 | The truth is, though, it is always a good time to revisit Clueless, |
| 0:21.2 | and this week feels particularly relevant with Wicked coming out. It is co-written by her very |
| 0:25.5 | own Dana Fox, in fact. And as I mentioned in this episode you're about to listen to, it is hard |
| 0:30.2 | to imagine Wicked's incarnation of Glinda without the template forged by Shera Horowitz. |
| 0:35.5 | So enjoy this encore episode. We'll be back next week with a brand new episode, episode 666. |
| 0:40.9 | I can't imagine what the topic will be for that. |
| 0:43.5 | Enjoy. |
| 0:46.2 | Hello and welcome. |
| 0:47.4 | My name is John August. |
| 0:48.7 | My name is Craig Mazen. |
| 0:51.3 | And this is episode 444 of Script Notes, a podcast about screenwriting and things |
| 0:56.1 | that are interesting to screenwriters. Today on the program, it's a deep dive on one of my |
| 1:00.2 | favorite movies of all the time, 1995's Clueless, written and directed by Amy Heckerling. |
| 1:05.3 | And that is all we are going to talk about today. These deep dive episodes are standalone. |
| 1:09.9 | So if you're listening to this in 2033, we will not be referencing the current situation |
| 1:14.2 | that we're in. |
| 1:14.8 | As far as you know, everything is fine. |
| 1:16.9 | Everything's fine. |
| 1:17.4 | You're just talking about clueless. |
| 1:19.2 | It's a normal day. |
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