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About Last Night

The most "year the movie came out" thing

Workplace affairs; period names and technology; Air Jordans and the Wrigley shirt.

The discussion retains several specific markers of 1986.

In the discussion (5)
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  • Workplace affairs involving both leads’ bosses are proposed as especially 1986.
  • The names Debbie, Joan, and Pat are proposed as period-specific.
  • Double headphones, the stereo system, and indoor smoking are proposed.
  • Danny’s Air Jordans and the no-lights Wrigley Field shirt place the movie in a narrow mid-1980s window.
  • A lithium joke, a Blade Runner reference, and looking someone up in the phone book are proposed as period markers.