Do Revenge Deserves a Place in the Teen Movie Canon

Poor Generation Z: Unlike those of us who grew up in the late ’90s and early aughts, they haven’t experienced the joy of coming of age during a glorious era of teen comedies. Blockbuster hits from She’s All That to Not Another Teen Movie to Mean Girls captured the chaotic essence of the new millennium maybe more than any other form of media. But despite the presence of wildly popular teen shows like Euphoria, the teen movie—by definition, a light comedy that dives into the “emotional torrent of adolescence”—hasn’t had a 2020s renaissance. Netflix’s new runaway hit, director Jennifer Kaytin… Read Full Article