There are some details throughout the movie that you may not have caught onto when watching as a teen.
Here are some of the things you’ll only notice aboutShe’s All Thatas an adult viewer.
Rather, she lives in a single-parent home with her father and brother.
Whatever’s responsible for this change, don’t let it go."
The takeaway message: A man was the catalyst for her artistic awakening.
But Laney’s played by actress Rachael Leigh Cook, who is clearly beautiful.
Dressing her in overalls and big glasses didn’t change that.
Zack even asks Laney about her glasses, and if she’d consider swapping them out for contact lenses.
That’s not exactly girl power.
Laney responds, “Thank you.
For a minute there I forgot why I avoided places like this and people like you.”
Taylor, aghast, asks, “Avoided us?
To everyone here who matters, you’re vapor.
A waste of perfectly good yearbook space.
Nothing’s going to change that.”
That might not be about men, but it sure isn’t empowering.
He responds, “And you’ve got the option to’t keep avoiding me.
Like the other night.
What was that?”
She says she was busy, which should have been enough, but it isn’t.
This forces her to acquiesce, so she gets her bathing suit and goes to the beach with him.
Later on, she declines the invitation to Preston’s party, saying she has to clean the house.
He shows up at her home anyway with the JV soccer team to do the cleaning.
Later he crashes her art studio uninvited, showing he won’t take no for an answer.
But this puzzles Zack, who’s clearly not invested in the cause.
As an adult, most women find such a request annoying or evenrude and disrespectful.
to a white woman named Melissa), is simply “Girl #2.”
Additionally, Preston, a significant character, doesn’t have a last name.
Lil' Kim, a major celebrity, is simply “Alex.”
And Usher, another major celebrity, is just named “Campus DJ.”
Later, Jesse is shown eating a chocolate bar with an empty Cheetos bag stuffed in his pocket.
That doesn’t stop Mackenzie from flirting with him, but it’s a stereotypical representation for laughs nonetheless.
Her teacher aptly points out that those issues aren’t her personal struggle.
But the most obvious example of white privilege in the movie plays out in Zack’s college dilemma.
If only adulthood was as easy as picking which Ivy League school to attend.
There are 2,000 girls in this school and I can bump monkeys with every one of ‘em.
Taylor Vaughn is totally replaceable."
They’re not being kind to Taylor in this objectifying assessment.
Dean also has some additional choice moments.
At the beach, he gestures down to Laneyand says, “Check out the bobos on Superfreak.
You know, from up here, she almost looks normal.”
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Then he tells he to go to the prom and have fun.
As an adult, this scene just comes off as awkward.
And why is he futzing with pool parts?
