eing in your twenties is weird. You feel old, yet young and there’s this weird sense that your life is over even though it’s only just beginning. I’m getting all rhetorical now aren’t I? There are very few films that will capture the essence of this overly existential time and one that does it perfectly is Reality Bites. It just totally incapsulates that moment in everyone’s lives when you realise the world is a bit bullshit. If you’re feeling a little bit emo but also bursting with fruit flavour I’ve got a few little bits of trivia about this 90s masterpiece. 
1. Helen Childress (the scriptwriter) was just 19 years old when she completed the script.
2. Renee Zellweger is in it. She’s plays a silent love conquest of Troy. They have a sneaky pash in the first few scenes as he’s leaving her house.
3. David Spade is in it. He plays the manager of a burger joint.
4. Winona Ryder basically cast the movie. She backed both Ethan Hawke and Janeane Garofalo. Good choice there Ryder.
5. Laney Boggs (the lead character in She’s All That) is based on Winona Ryder’s characters in Edward Scissorhands (Kim Boggs) and her character in Reality Bites (Laney Pierce).
You may have guessed that this week on Sweet Teen Club we’re chatting about Reality Bites. If you haven’t seen it, watch it now. Like right now. If you have seen it please listen to the podcast and join in the conversation about how despite yourself, you still love Troy and how it’s your life mission to re-create the My Sharona scene in the gas station.
If you’re keen to listen to it here’s how you can do it –
iPhone users
Open up the podcast app on your phone (it already lives there so you don’t need to download it) and search for Sweet Teen Club. Then hit subscribe and you’re good to go.
Android users
The same as iPhone users but you just use the Android podcast app.
Desktop users
You can listen to it while you work at your computer – just click this link here.
You can also find the show notes and other bits and pieces here at the Jackrabbit site.
If you’re a 90s culture tragic like us please do join in and listen to the podcast – even if you haven’t read Sweet Valley High, we cover off a lot of hilarious 90s teen culture that will leave you cringing.
Use the hashtag #sweetteenclub and let us know where you listen to the show, what you’d like us to cover, and what you remember from 90s.
If you want to chat to us about the show (or anything really!) you can find us here.
Carly: Smaggle.com || @smaggle
Stacey: theveggiemama.com || @veggie_mama
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Are you a fan of Reality Bites? Do you also think Winona Ryder is the most stunning thing to have hit the silver screen in the 90s?
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