"But when I became a man, I put away childish things." - 1 Corinthians 13:11

Richard Linklater’s breakthrough film is a cultural touchstone not for the 1970s, but how people who grew up in the 1970s remembered the 1970s in the 1990s. It’s a little bit preservationist and a little bit precious, but it’s remembered as a fun portrait of teenagehood post-Summer of Love and pre-Reagan – whatever that was like.

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Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro music: "Slow Ride” by Foghat from the DAZED AND CONFUSED soundtrack.

Timestamps

0:00 - Episode 232: DAZED AND CONFUSED (1993)

2:24 - The episode actually starts

6:00 - What resonates and what doesn’t

13:48 - A movie more about the ‘90s than about the ‘70s

22:35 - Linklater’s personal take on his stories

29:09 - Seeing real characters through the sentimental lens

33:26 - Pink as a subversion of the typical HS quarterback

39:28 - Cycles and the “intimate authority” of older generations

54:09 - The Junk Drawer

1:04:02 - Good Grief, Give Me a GIF!

1:07:49 - Cody’s Noteys: Try-lost in the Woods (Frederick Forrest trivia)