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The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

The Hulu show, Rob and Laura’s future, Nirvana, the soundtrack, and absent Chicago music generate separate hot takes

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  • Rob and Laura are predicted not to reunite or last once Marie DeSalle and the Chicago Reader mixtape surface.
  • The Hulu series is called better than the movie and its cancellation is condemned.
  • The film is described as a crucial moment in Rob’s life that still gives him too little time to complete a credible journey.
  • Laura is said not to have returned despite the film giving her more point of view than the book.
  • “Smells Like Teen Spirit” is called bad and overrated, with the criticism expanding to grunge’s authenticity.
  • The movie’s soundtrack is called insufficiently strong and too dependent on deep cuts.
  • The absence of the Smashing Pumpkins from a Chicago music movie set in 2000 is criticized.
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Casting What-Ifs

Jack Black, David Arquette, Liz Phair, alternate fantasy musicians, deleted performers, and an uncleared Lennon song

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  • Jack Black initially passing on Barry is reported.
  • David Arquette was reportedly offered Dick, a choice judged much worse.
  • Liz Phair was reportedly considered for Marie DeSalle, which is treated as a very different version.
  • Bob Dylan and Billy Corgan are considered as fantasy replacements for Springsteen.
  • The Ramis and Beverly DeAngelo deleted scenes are recalled.
  • An uncleared John Lennon song is identified as Cusack’s desired choice for Rob’s proposal.
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Recasting Couch

Samantha Mathis, Laura Linney, or Famke Janssen as Laura, with reservations about fit and star power

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  • Samantha Mathis is proposed as an early-1990s version of Laura.
  • Laura Linney is proposed, with doubt that she fits Laura’s partying history.
  • Fomka Johnson is proposed if Laura remains European, then rejected as too much firepower.
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Half-Assed Internet Research

Marie DeSalle’s cover album, Tim Robbins’s wig deal, the original finale song, the Cusack siblings, and Rob’s visible records

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  • Marie DeSalle’s album is reported to include “Ghostbusters,” “Beat It,” “Mbop,” and “My Heart Will Go On.”
  • Tim Robbins reportedly took small roles partly so he could keep the custom wigs.
  • “Got to Give It Up” was reportedly the original Jack Black finale song before the chosen replacement.
  • Joan and John Cusack are said to have appeared together in ten films.
  • Five visible albums are proposed as Rob’s implied top five, including Funkadelic, Neil Young, the Beach Boys, Sonic Youth, and the Minutemen.
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Steven Seagal shitting on himself award for most unbelievable anecdote from the actual film shoot

Stephen Frears reportedly asked women crew members to guide the Tim Robbins fantasy sex scene

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  • Frears reportedly gathered women from hair, makeup, wardrobe, and craft services to guide the Tim Robbins fantasy sequence.
  • The actress who plays Laura reportedly called it her most comfortable and best sex scene.
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Apex Mountain

The Beta Band: yes

In the discussion (5)
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  • Cusack’s peak is placed in 1996–97 rather than this film.
  • The Beta Band is given a yes.
  • Microbangs, Katrina and the Waves, sad-bastard music, and breaking the fourth wall are considered separately.
  • Ferris Bueller is preferred as the apex for fourth-wall address.
  • Good book-and-film combinations are discussed as a separate Apex prompt.
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Picking Nits

Barry’s hidden music, his flyer, Ian, record handling, apartment economics, Laura’s moves, funeral mud, and autobiographical shelving

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  • Barry never performing before the finale is questioned.
  • Barry’s listed influences are said not to match the soul performance he gives.
  • Laura choosing Ian is treated as a familiar and implausible period trope.
  • Calling Ian a Supertramp fan is called gratuitously insulting.
  • Using Royal Trucks as the teenagers’ music is challenged because that band belongs inside the store’s Chicago scene.
  • Lewis is criticized for bending an expensive Captain Beefheart sleeve by its corner.
  • Rob’s apartment and the store’s ability to pay two workers are questioned.
  • Laura’s immediate moves into partners’ homes are questioned as a repeated habit.
  • Rob jumping into mud after the funeral and immediately having sex in a car is called disgusting and visually inconsistent.
  • Autobiographical record shelving is debated as satisfying but practically impossible.
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