Every Rom Com 33: Reality Bites from Every Rom Com

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Jennifer Howell

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Every Rom Com 33: Reality Bites

2 hour 42 minutes Posted Apr 4, 2022 at 3:01 pm.

-9:29 Introduction, Spring News, The Gen-X Post-College Experience

-19:58 TRAILER, Basic Info, Interesting Facts, General Opinion

-28:25 Cast & Crew In-Depth

-33:55 “Reality Bites” As The Definitive Gen-X Rom Com

-51:06 Graduation, Lelaina’s Speech, Character Intros, Graduation Dinner, Getting Ready Montage

-1:02:02 Lelaina’s Job, Lelaina Meets Michael, Troy Moves In, Lelaina’s Documentary

-1:26:34 Fashion In The Movie, Lelaina And Michael’s First Date, Gen-X TV Culture, The Big Gulp, Troy’s Jealous

-1:41:32 Vickie’’s AIDS Test, Lelaina Gets Fired, You & Me & 5 Bucks, Lelaina’s Job Hunt, Wienerschnitzel Scene

-1:54:42 Lelaina In The Bell Jar, The Gas Card, Troy/Lelaina Fight, Sammy’s Coming Out, PFLAG

SPOILERS BEGIN

-2:10:32 MIchael And Troy Showdown, The Documentary Release Party, The Real World And The Advent Of Reality TV

-2:28:24 Lelaina And Troy Hook Up, Love Triangle At The Coffee House, Missing Each Other Montage, Troy Comes Back, Final Scenes

-2:36:00 Would You Choose Troy Or Michael? Would You Choose Troy From “Reality Bites” Or Jesse From “Before Sunrise”?, The Soundtrack

-2:42:52 Double Feature Recommendations

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This week on Every Rom Com, Sophia and Jen take on the definitive Gen-X rom com as we discuss 1994’s “Reality Bites.” We’ll talk about Helen Childress, the 20-year old writer tasked with defining her generation; Ben Stiller, directing his first feature; and a cast of Gen-X icons led by Winona Ryder and Ethan Hawke. We’ll discuss the advent of reality TV and how this movie satirized the genre before it took over our screens. We’ll also cover the hit soundtrack, the influential fashion, the history of the Big Gulp, and much much more as we talk about a favorite from our teenage years that still resonates today!

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/03/reality-bites-captured-gen-x-25-years-later-helen-childress/583870/

https://uproxx.com/hitfix/20-years-later-an-oral-history-of-reality-bites/

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/75479/14-facts-about-reality-bites

Tribeca Film Festival “Reality Bites” Reunion Panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOLu7UQy4vg

What Makes A Gen-X Rom Com? https://www.everyromcom.com/post/what-makes-a-gen-x-rom-com

Money In 1994 & Today: https://www.dollartimes.com/inflation/inflation.php?amount=400&year=1994

Gregory Corso Poem “Marriage”: https://www.northiowa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/POETRY-MARRIAGE.pdf

More Making Of Info: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jul/24/how-we-made-reality-bites-ethan-hawke-janeane-garofalovodka-freezer-my-sharona

History Of The Big Gulp:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/we-have-texas-to-thank-for-the-biggest-big-gulp-84453489/

The Big Gulp Today: https://www.7-eleven.com/big-gulp

AIDS Statistics:

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5021a2.htm

https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/group/gender/women/incidence.html

https://www.hiv.gov/hiv-basics/overview/data-and-trends/global-statistics

HIstory of PFLAG: https://pflag.org/our-story

1:54:42 SPOILERS BEGIN

Commentary On “The Real World”: http://archive.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2011/03/06/mtvs_the_real_world_has_influenced_a_generation_of_reality_shows/

https://www.vice.com/en/article/6wwg46/the-score-mapping-the-music-and-style-of-reality-bites

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