Probably Unanswerable Questions
Flare gun; Claire's taste in men; the kiss in front of her dad; Bender's blonde joke; college destinations; a 2020 version
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- What was Brian's intent with the flare gun? It is read as a cry for help, though it would get him kicked out.
- Is this the start of Claire's bad choices in men, imagined as a thrice-divorced adult?
- Claire and Bender make out in front of her father; Brian writes the essay while the others pair off, and Bender is nearly hit by Allison's car early on.
- Asked for the ending of Bender's blonde joke, the answer is that it apparently has none, after looking for one.
- Where does everyone go to college? Bender none or jail; Brian Northwestern or Berkeley; Andrew a wrestling scholarship at Purdue or Michigan State; Claire somewhere southern such as Elon, Vanderbilt or Miami, or a legacy elite school; Sheedy's character RISD, Evergreen, Antioch or Kenyon.
- What would the film look like in 2020? Suggestions include an all non-white or single-group cast in a Midwestern city, playing with gender such as a lady Bender; one voice predicts it would go badly, another says that would be bad writing; phones would be confiscated.