Video: Pump Up the Volume
I somehow made it through high school and college without ever seeing Pump up the Volume. I feel that it would have served me much better had I seen it as a teenager, because it is all about teen angst and not fitting in. The thing is, even had I seen it as a teenager, it would have been lost on me - I somehow made it through my teen years without feeling too much of that angst-anger at the world-hating all adults thing. I was perfectly well-adjusted, not hiding any secret... angst.
The movie is great though. Christian Slater, creepy as ever, rocks the community he lives in by starting a pirate radio station. I don't really understand the appeal he had over everyone, but the movie is pretty dang good. I think it is a very generational situation - can you imagine a pirate radio station affecting everyone so deeply in today's world? We have the internet to shock and awe everyone and to express teen angst and to find your niche. Strange what a difference 15 years makes media-wise. But the message is still the same.
Mark Hunter: I'm sick of being ashamed. I don't mind being dejected and rejected, but I'm not going to be ashamed about it. At least pain is real. I mean, you look around and you see nothing is real, but at least the pain is real.
posted by Brenna @ 4:47 PM
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