Bottoms
2023
New Orleans, LA
Emma Seligman
Comedy
What’s it all about: Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edebiri find that violence IS the answer when no one cares that they’re gay but they’re still unpopular anyway. Nicholas Galitzine out-Kens the Kens as the school’s narcissist quarterback.
First Encounter: recommended by @krappymiller
Prostitute Index: nil
Death By: golden feret
Relics: egging and TP’ing someone’s house; Ayo Edebiri’s oversized ruggers
Hoops: a high school nerd with the coolest fucking bedroom ever, down to the last detail
Heartthrob: Ruby Cruz
Pass/Fails the Test of Time: “Total Eclipse of the Heart”
LoFi Magic: the low-key, theater-of-the-absurd, hyperbole high school going on in the background; the accompanying soundtrack by Charli XCX and Leo Birenberg
Words to live by: “Mrs. Callahan, can I have a snack?”
Makes me want to: watch it again with closed captioning
Candotti Take: n/a
Worth a watch/rewatch: Yes
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