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Clueless at 25: Like, a totally important teen film – ABC News
While Clueless’ winning combination of writing, cast, music and humour is yet to be matched, there is room for a Clueless of the 2020s, write Phoebe Macrossan and Jessica Ford.
While many teen films fade away never to be heard of again, Clueless, a loose adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma, has remained in the cultural consciousness since its 1995 release. Maybe it’s the catchy soundtrack, or familiar story about social comeuppance, or the endurance of the teen film as a genre. Most likely it’s a combination of many factors.
Austen’s Emma Woodhouse is transformed into Cher Horowitz (played by the then relatively unknown Alicia Silverstone), a Beverly Hills teenager, who …
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