{"id":927,"date":"2023-04-17T19:52:51","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T19:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/?p=927"},"modified":"2023-04-17T19:52:51","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T19:52:51","slug":"239-young-adult","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/2023\/04\/17\/239-young-adult\/","title":{"rendered":"239 – Young Adult"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After the Oscar winning success of Juno<\/i>, 2011 gave us the reunited creative force of screenwriter Diablo Cody and director Jason Reitman, but in a different mode that that heartwarming crowdpleaser. Young Adult<\/i> cast Charlize Theron, an author and former prom queen who returns to her hometown to win back her high school boyfriend, played by Patrick Wilson. After Reitman\u2019s Up in the Air <\/i>peaked early in its Oscar season, this film skipped the festival route and performed modestly, earning an immediate reputation as a mean and caustic movie.\u00a0With brilliant supporting work from Patton Oswalt, Collette Wolfe, and Elizabeth Reaser, the film has earned ardent fans since, despite missing out on Oscar.<\/p>\n

This episode, we discuss the film\u2019s cutting observational humor and the thorny wit that makes Mavis Gary such a memorable character and performance by Theron. We also discuss the Best Actress and Original Screenplay field of 2011, the film\u2019s use of Teenage Fanclub\u2019s\u00a0\u201cThe Concept,\u201d and long-suffering Pomeranian, Dulce.<\/p>\n

Topics also include KenTacoHuts, gay people liking mean women, and hating the 2011 Oscar lineup.<\/p>\n

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