The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award
Society was better when weed was called grass; Friday 2 is the greatest sequel of all time; this movie needed a dad
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- One take is that society was in a much better state when weed was called grass: cheaper, less potent, mostly oregano, smoked by cool groups in The Big Chill and Days Confused (as transcribed).
- Another is that the leap from Friday 1 to Friday 2 makes Friday 2 the greatest sequel of all time as an improvement over the original, ahead of Aliens, Godfather 2 and Empire Strikes Back, with more charming kids, an awesome final girl and incredible kills.
- Called the hottest take, the last is that this movie needed a dad: Jason's dad probably took off, and a dad would have moved the family to Arizona and stopped it.
- The counterpoint is a version where the dad is the first victim, and Betsy Palmer reportedly built a backstory in her head in which Jason Sr. wanted them to move away and she had to change his mind.