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Can't Buy Me Love

Probably Unanswerable Questions

Transactional teen romances; Beatles licensing; slow clap origins; reunion plausibility

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  • Other teen romances centered on a monetary transaction are sought, with Pretty Woman as a later comparison.
  • The Beatles song was reportedly licensed for$110,000 from Michael Jackson; the claimed screening for his approval is doubted.
  • The film did not invent the slow clap; research identifies Brubaker as an earlier example, tentatively the first.
  • Whether Cindy would take Ronald back after his other relationships is questioned; the reunion is imagined to falter after a few months.