Talk:Clueless (film)

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I've added a link to the synopsis for Clueless at moviecheat.com. This is my site, it's pure content; I've checked the rules and it shouldn't be a problem to add this link as long as it's relevant and informative. I think it absolutely is; anyone who wants a another take at this movie will find it interesting. But if anyone truly has a problem, feel free to revert.Rasi2290

"career breaking role by actress Alicia Silverstone" -- "career breaking"?

I'm not sure what you odn't understand about this comment. This was the role that brought Silverstone to the attention of the world as an actress; it was the first role for which she recieved huge critical acclaim, and it skyrocketed her to popularity. Ergo, it broke her career: it was a career breaking role. user:Easterbradford

A Google search shows only a handful of results for the odd phrase "career-breaking." Where it exists (mostly on a Star Wars board) the term is used in a derogative fashion. The correct word is "breakthrough" as in "breakthrough role."

Contents 1 Beverly Hills Teens was not created to capitalize on Clueless 2 Cast section 3 Removed trivia section 4 Emma parallels

[edit] Beverly Hills Teens was not created to capitalize on Clueless

Beverly Hills Teens was a minor cartoon show from the 80s. It has no connection with Clueless.

Drew Barrymore ruled in this movie.

Drew Barrymore was not in Clueless (although she did appear in a movie with Brittany Murphy). She was in Never Been Kissed, another goofy, late 1990s era teen oriented movie. She probably gets confused with Alicia Silverstone since they're both young (and popular with the MTV crowd), blonde haired, baby-voiced actresses, who have a habit for speaking out of the side of their mouths.

Is it possible somebody could add a new section to this page concerning all of the pop culture references in this film? (e.g. Ren and Stimpy, Kato, Radiohead) It would come in handy for HSC students (final year of High School in Australia) like myself who are studying this film in their 'transformations' topic. While many of these references are farmaliar to the Amercian and to a lesser extent Aussie) teens of the 90's, there less farmaliar to our generation. This would really, really come in handy :) - [Karade]

[edit] Cast section

Did someone copy the cast section in this article off a DVD cover? It's very...advertisey.

Also, there are only two characters listed.

Underorbit 18:45, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

There's all kinds of things wrong with this article, I'll see if I can muster up enough initiative to devote some time to cleaning it up. Apparently it's such a "critically-acclaimed" and "highly-regarded" film that it is exempt from the wiki guidelines. :^) Randall00 16:28, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

The link for actor Justin Walker leads to a character by that name in some other work 216.87.77.66 22:06, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removed trivia section

I removed the trivia section, since it was too long and full of irrelevant stuff. The following items aren't useless, but are in need of integration into the text, and sourcing:

• The films that Christian watches on video with Cher - Some Like It Hot (1959) and Spartacus (1960) - provide clues to his sexual orientation. The first movie deals with cross-dressing men. The second includes the famous scene where a Roman master (Laurence Olivier) tries to seduce his male servant (Tony Curtis). Additionally, Cher says Christian brought those movies over because he has a "thing" for Tony Curtis.
• Alicia Silverstone never auditioned for the part of Cher; she had coffee with Amy Heckerling and was offered the role.
• Sarah Michelle Gellar was offered the role of Cher, but couldn't do it due to a contract on All My Children.

The rest was too tangential to be useful in the article. Mangojuice^talk 20:27, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Emma parallels

Ought we to draw out the Emma parallels more clearly? E.g. Cher=Emma; Tai=Harriet Smith; Josh=Knightley; Elton=Elton; Christian=Frank Churchill; homosexuality=secret marriage to Jane Fairfax, etc.? john k (talk) 06:52, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

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A good list was in there last year, but someone took it out, so I put it back in. Kalimac (talk) 02:02, 1 February 2008 (UTC)