After a conversation about the early '90s in history class, I thought it would be best to express myself through fashion. I wore my typical grunge outfit (baggy gray shirt, black zip-up hoodie, red plaid miniskirt, gray tights, Doc Martens) as a joke, to emulate what the teacher must've looked like circa 1993. My interpretation was fairly accurate and she ended up comparing me to Janeane Garofalo (Vickie Miner) in the movie Reality Bites. I have regrettably never seen this movie before and looked to the internet to find out exactly what this "compliment" meant. My current understanding is that the movie is a pop-culture/grunge faux-documentary and besides wearing a blue polka-dot nurse dress and having a similar hairdo to mine, Vickie is a promiscuous character. Since I can't think of anything farther from the truth, perhaps Ms. Villamere was mistaking me for Janeane herself? That must be the case, because Garofalo is a self-deprecating, feminist and outspoken comedian. That kind of sounds like me, except I'm not that funny. I think some movie-watching is in order. Let's hope her outfits aren't embarrassingly bad.
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I'd take it as a compliment myself.
Great movie - watch it, and then watch it again when you've graduated from university... =)
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Reality Bites is a pretty cool movie. I would also go as far as to say that you would rather be compared to Janeane instead of Winona. Winona's style in the movie reminds me of why I never want the nineties to return.
that's the last movie in which winona ryder was cute.
it was the epitome of me youth, when this movie came out. It was 1994 and I just graduated from high school. The movie made MORE sense when I graduated from college in 1999.
This embarked the style of my time.
Also watch "Singles". Another 90's classic.
oh! i've seen that...but i honestly, cannot remember her style in the movie, but it was a good movie. it would make a lot more sense if i wasn't 4 years old when that movie actually came out, but nevertheless I still found it entertaining...god, i love the 90s.
oh, it's the best, best movie, and it changes over the years-- watch it in high school, and as danielle said, watch it after you finish college. it changes with you, like any good movie should. : )
hands down the movie that means most to me from my teenage years. i hope you watched it.
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