Bring It On? It's Already Been Brought

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How Have We Never Covered… wraps up this week with our final champion, Bring It On. After a dominating win over The Sixth Sense, Bring It On secured a place on the analysis table and took us all back to the year 2000.

Time Stamps:

00:00:30 – Week 4 Breakdown

00:03:15 – Introductions and Synopsis

00:05:49 – Quick Reviews

00:20:54 – Expanding the Syllabus

00:39:09 – Analysis

01:10:27 – Shelf or Trash

01:12:50 – Wrap Up & Next Week’s Movie

We’re Ready to Bring It On

Peyton Reed’s Bring It On was a star vehicle for the rising Kirsten Dunst and it surrounded her with an ensemble of up and comers, including Jesse Bradford, Eliza Dushku, and Gabrielle Union. The cheerleading cult classic focuses on a squad who realizes all of their routines were lifted from another school.

On this week’s show, we’re taking a look at the film’s approach to race in comparison to other movies of the time. The topic of cultural appropriation and plagiarism comes up. Dalton makes a plea that the film tries subvert certain expectations of the cheerleader character type while also discussing the exploitive nature of extracurricular activities.

Thank you all again so much for helping us choose this month’s picks. And, to bring everything home, we ran a Redemption Round with the four failed finalists and next week, we’ll be discussing The Prestige.

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