Pump Up the Volume The Rewatchables August 20, 2020

What’s Aged the Best?

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Wave of Mutilation is named again.
The two-identities structure, with Mark as a basement nerd who becomes Hard Harry at 10 p.m., works like a superhero story and anticipates online personas; he even turns his back on Nora to speak as his alter ego.
Nora De Niro is added to every category possible.
The Malcolm character could have gone wrong but works, with his oblivious mother asking him to watch TV.
The gay caller scene stands out for its plainspokenness in a 1990 film, and the film is called in some ways braver and more direct than current teen entertainment.
Ellen Greene as the cool English teacher is proposed; another host had her under aged worst because it is ambiguous whether she knew Mark was Hard Harry.
Casting Greene, described as an off-Broadway legend who played Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, is defended as a smart choice for the necessary cool-teacher role.
The declared answer is a tie between the soundtrack and Samantha Mathis.