I thought that the movie Clueless, directed by Amy Heckerling, comments a lot on the social norms of a typical high school. The acting really exaggerates what people may believe acutally happens in high school. The movie focuses most on clothes, sex and popularity. Cher, played by Alicia Silverstone, faces the up and downs of all those. The main focus of the movie starts after Cher and her friend Dion try to give a make-over to the new girl, but Cher soon realizes she is the one who needs a personality make-over, which soon makes her become more caring for other. By the way the end of the movie turns out, I think Amy Heckerling make this parody to teach teenage girls that it is not always just about clothes, sex and popularity but much much more. An example of when Amy heckerling exxagerates something that people believe to go on during high school is when Cher is trying to get he license. She takes out the car without her license and picks up her friend and is bring a really reckless driver, nobody in the real world would EVER drive that bad. And also when she takes her road test, the instructor is really mean and she almost kills someone swerving all over the place, which also just wouldn't happen. Also, when the new girl comes to the school who is "unique", which should be considered a good thing, Cher and Dion try to change her to become "popular". Here, Amy Heckerling is trying to exxagerate the fact that in high school it is hard to fit in unless you are "popular", but in the end of the film she shows us that being unique is important. Overall, I think Amy Heckerling did a good job with this parody, Clueless, because it shows girls what is important.
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I think we both wrote about the "social norms" for a reason...because thats about all there is to talk about this movie. It's a fun movie and I don't know about you, but I found it very difficult to pull anything else out of it. There doesn't seem to be anything underlying the surface besides the theme of individualism, which you mentioned. I think Heckerling maybe purposely did this and it wasn't meant to be a deep thinker, just a fun 'chick flick'! =)
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