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Films on Trial is a podcast where four men critique and discuss films. In this episode, they talk about the movie Clueless and its portrayal of 90s teenagers. They analyze the characters and debate whether the film is still relevant today. The podcast aims to educate and entertain the audience, and the hosts have a casual, conversational style. They also touch on other 90s films and compare them to Clueless. Overall, they provide a thorough analysis of the film and its impact. Hey guys, it's Ciara and we are going to be talking about Films on Trial today. Films on Trial is an interesting way to understand and critique films. On this podcast, four men go into depth on topics in film in different genres. They each get assigned a part and have to compose questions to ask each other and discuss. With these questions, they apply themselves and others to gain interest from the audience. They go about this in a controversial way and make you feel like you are dominant and a part of this conversation. In this particular podcast, they are discussing the movie Clueless. This movie is a 1995 American teen comedy film that drew in a huge audience and according to the person that you'll ask, still does or doesn't draw in that audience. After thoroughly listening to this podcast for the whole hour and one minute it is, I can share with you guys that I agree with many opinions discussed within. This podcast is for anyone who has watched the movie Clueless and loves rom-coms. At the beginning of this podcast, the four men talk about this being aired on February 14th, which marks the start of their new season, which includes rom-coms from the 90s. Clueless is a rom-com movie with its modern adaptation of Jane Augustine's 1815 novel Emma. It's set in Beverly Hills, California and primarily focuses on the lives and relationships of affluent teenagers, particularly Cheryl Howard, which is a protagonist in this situation. Throughout the podcast, they also talk about the 90s generation and the people that grew up in it and after it. During this podcast, they also discuss how the movie is a great portrayal of teenagers in that time. One way this allows the audience to apply themselves to this movie and the podcast is they can agree or disagree with what these four men are saying. Sometimes when watching a film, you get lost in the drama effects and what's going on in the background rather than focusing on the bigger picture or purpose of the film itself. The purpose of this podcast is to put the film to trial, not the film as one, but more importantly about the characters, how the roles are played, how they were casted, and how the movie is presented and where it is now. They focus on the film and how it's stuck in the 90s, although they don't all agree on how it's set in that time frame, they all share opinions and debate it. The purpose of this film is to talk about where the film is on this day, how it started and where it went, rather than where it ended up. Each of them discuss how actors are stereotyped, basically like Cher, being classified as a basic Beverly Hills girl and if they're likable or not to the audience. They compare and contrast on how the characters were written rather than how they performed. The purpose of this podcast is to educate and entertain the audience. Throughout this podcast, they speak about how producers of the film in the 90s wanted to focus less on women and more on other things. They also compare other films to this one and show how this film in particular features positivity and optimism. They speak on how some studios passed on Clueless, while this one didn't, and why. They educate the audience, also with a general background on the characters in the movie, their assigned names, the actors' names, and how the part is played. The podcast itself is entertaining, though, because it's a conversation between these friends. They're recording themselves in a setting between a genuine conversation, cracking jokes, laughing and debating the topic they're talking about. Or when Dave called it Toothless instead of Clueless and they all started laughing, Alex was actually talking about the positivity going on. But with this, they all laughed, then refocused, and focused on how, in the 90s, it's not a film that's just set in time, but it's more like trapped. He goes on to say it won't garden any new audience and it won't draw in any teenagers part of my generation because you can't see the core of relatableness, which for 100% I agree with. I literally ran into my roommate's room and asked her if she'd seen the movie Clueless and who the main characters were and she had no idea. As for me, though, my mom wanted me to grow up more cultured and I started watching movies like Clueless, The Breakfast Club, and Legally Blonde. Clueless are my friends that dress in many crop tops and slutty outfits. They don't come from wealthy families, they don't really engage with this film because they have nothing to relate to, rather than when they relate to the movie Duff being the ugly friend rather than the hot friend and guys using them. For me, though, coming from a wealthy family, I can relate to Cher. Getting anything, having anything I want, that comes with a great attitude. I enjoyed watching this film and I even think I've said as if in real life to someone. They educate about how the character's actions, like Travis, is a loser on how they started off together and how they ended. Then at the end, she wound up with Travis at a wedding, showing how Travis is down bad for her and will get her no matter what. They go on to talk about how that's a toxic romance and it's dominant in teenagers nowadays. Looking at the context of this podcast, these men produced it almost perfectly for my style. Gav, Alex, Dave, and Austin are all in this podcast together from various locations. Listening to the start of this, they're in a normal conversation waiting for the others to arrive, cracking jokes and laughing, which allows you to feel like you're present. You can tell, though, Austin and Dave are clearly in a different setting because their audio isn't as enhanced as others. While they go on and critique this podcast, it kind of seems like it's cutting out in a way, almost as if they're on a headset talking about the facts on the phone. By doing this, they also apply it into their own life and personal situations. It is then all pieced together on a platform or streamed live. You can hear them stutter and laugh with pauses of silence to gather their thoughts. There's definitely preparation for this podcast, probably looking at a note sheet in front of them but speaking their mind when the conversation emerges into something else. The composition of this podcast was done fairly well. Their voices are toxic are all pieced together and it sounded well-rounded. When the podcast first starts off, it's with a conversation, which is kind of messy for me, but once they all get settled in, you could hear that one person's voice, aka the podcast judge for this one, Austin. It sounds like he's speaking via web due to his voice not being dominant. When he goes on and gives us his valley girl impression, they all add a background noise that over sounds them, like clapping, which adds energetic energy to this audience. They use upbeat introduction music to set the tone of happiness and energy of this podcast also. Each podcaster was assigned a role to put a piece of this film on trial. They all talk about their own thoughts and feelings and they all have an accent. For me, their accent makes me engage more because I don't hear people speak like this every day, so when I do hear it, I almost fall in love. Don't even get me started on accents because I'd probably talk for hours about them. But let me just start off and say, they are sexy and when someone or something has one or it's catchy, it catches my attention. I like how they had a conversation and it wasn't just one person talking. In this podcast, it allows me to feel like I was almost there in first person and I could pause and answer some of the questions on my own since I've watched this film about 200 times. When they talk about the film stuck in 1995, like outfits, the slang, and the school setting, they talk about the cheesy 90s rom-com high schoolers that felt like this movie applied to them. Those same high schoolers that thought this movie applied to them probably don't even think about this anymore. They've moved on and are onto better things. They discuss in this podcast that the producers did not think about incorporating futuristic features into it, like where the audience would be in 10 years. That's what makes it stuck in the 90s rather than set because it defines an entire generation as one. But now this new generation that's watching it doesn't share the same phrases that it does like as if. But for me, we gain fashion advice from this film because now I grow up in my own generation and see girls adapting to that skater vibe or the music making a comeback like the bands that were performing throughout the movie. I can talk about them speaking about my generation forgetting about this movie because I am a first person steward and I can relate to the attitude that Cher has and jokes dominated within her. I really like how they did not spend that much time on one topic. They would simply start a conversation and then when someone else went to speak, they just added on with I agree or disagree, why, and then stated another question like did the film have support for the cast? Yes, they did. But how are the characters casted? Each topic played into each other and wasn't just spoken about randomly. They even connected this film to more commonly films watched like The Breakfast Club to make the audience understand what they were saying. I also liked how they closed out and recapped in all passionate arguments and the demeaning of this movie in the 90s whether it's a good thing or bad. I think for me personally, I would copy this podcast style to a tee but not have that many people. With more people speaking their opinions, it tends to get very confusing and messy and I honestly lost track of who was talking. For me personally, I'd also include a transcript of my podcast if I were to actually publish it because it makes it easier for my audience to follow along and rewind to hear key parts that I'm discussing. I like how they are all also assigned a role for this trial and depict a film on the characters themselves and where the film is today. Not only does it include the past but it also includes the relevance of the future when they bring in their personal life. Overall, I would definitely listen to this style podcast again. Not only did it educate me on the film and how the characters were portrayed, it also saturated Rich Kids and their problems including a story. This movie is an essential 90s movie but also it can be essential to any rich teenager sharing Shell's problems and step siblings.