Project X The Rewatchables
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Picking Nits

Party logistics, thin characterization and continuity draw objections with defenses.

In the discussion (8)
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  • The zipline setup seems too complicated to appear without explanation.
  • The friends should get more intoxicated earlier; vomiting and a shower/hair refresh offer some explanation.
  • The many attractive, skilled teenage drinkers seem implausible; drinking ability and whole-school attendance are defenses.
  • The love interest lacks personality and forgives too quickly; the old photograph only briefly establishes friendship.
  • A security guard’s black eye reportedly changes sides; drunken continuity supervision is a joke.
  • Could1500drunk people stay quiet, and how do they not run out of liquor? People bringing their own bottles and Molly becoming the priority are explanations.
  • The ending time is guessed around four or five; live local-news coverage then is doubted.
  • The father’s subtle admiration is defended as funny fantasy, with a Risky Business parallel; another participant has no nitpicks.