But it’s a joke that’s nevertheless based in very real statistics. This jarring moment doesn’t segue into an emotional breakthrough of any sort that’s not this movie’s vibe.
As the fight club members sit in a circle to open up about their feelings, PJ kicks it off with an enthusiastic “Who’s been raped? Raise your hand!”Īfter a moment of stunned silence she adds, “Gray-area stuff counts too.” Slowly everyone’s hand goes into the air. “Bottoms” has a number of memorable, spit-out-your-Coke lines, but one scene in particular stuck with me for the sheer bravado of its morbid humor. Heathers, Winona Ryder, Kim Walker, Lisanne Falk, Shannen Doherty in "Heathers" (1989) Moviestore/Shutterstock But in its place, in both films, is the general notion that all girls are under attack or should always be prepared to be. It’s heartening to see homophobia is never really an issue in either of these movies queer girls are accepted as they are (aside from the sweaty principal in “Bottoms” who summons “the ugly, untalented gays” PJ and Josie to the office). (Here, it’s the lesbians on top, with the football players at the bottom of the heap.)
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The movie takes an ax to all kinds of cinematic clichés, starting with its poster, which reimagines the hoary old pose of male heroes with women clinging to their legs. “Bottoms,” from “Shiva Baby” director Emma Seligman, uses raunchy humor to tell the story of PJ (“Shiva Baby” star Rachel Sennott) and Josie (Ayo Edebiri of “The Bear”), gay best friends at the bottom of the social hierarchy who start a self-defense club for girls as a plot to hook up with their cheerleader crushes. Some-from the chronic threat of school shootings to toxic masculinity-are unique to our times others-for example, wide-ranging misogyny-are timeless. These two stories, though wildly different, have both drawn (and openly invited) comparisons to the grandmother of teen-girl satire, 1989’s “Heathers.” Like that indelible Winona Ryder movie, “Bottoms” and “Perpetrator” use stylized riffs on high school movie tropes to delve into the challenges teenage girls are up against.
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