Clueless is a beautiful hilarious movie about the misadventures of Cher, a popular high school girl. She along with her bestie, Dion, take a new, awkward girl under their wings and try to elevate her to be part of the elite. Here is a trailer for the movie:
This movie can be related to many of the ideas we have discussed in class. First, the movie can be thought to take place in a green world. In this green world, Cher loses her title of the most popular girl in school and her friend goes after the boy she likes. In the end, of course, all things return to normal and things can continue in the real world. Part of this solution is appropriate pairings. Like in The Venetian Twins, this could not be a truly happy or comedic movie if the couples at the end were wrong. I won't spoil who get with who, but suffice it to say that class statuses are upheld and bad characters do not get with good characters.
Another tie in to class topics (one that I only thought of after this class) is the character Ms. Geist. She is a comedic character in the same way that someone falling over a rug is funny. She is scatter brained, can't keep her stockings tear free, and usually can be found with lipstick smeared on her teeth. I think it would be beneficial to discuss her character in terms of what we have learned in class thus far.
Other topics that could be potentially discussed in class are the use of sex to manipulate characters (Ms. Geist and Mr. Hall) and the comedic archetypes and their respective roles in contributing to the comedic in this movie.
In conclusion, this movie will be easy to make connections to other works in class and has the added bonus of being hilarious.
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