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Did people from the Valley really talk like this?
posted by tmdb43737777STAFFMOD on November 14, 2018 at 6:17 AM
I hear this movie has some of the most natural dialogue when it comes to teens from the Valley in the 80's. Is that true? Their dialogue often sounds like a parody of some real jargon, but on the other hand, it does often feel very genuine. So, did kids really talk like this?
Reply by CaseyJones
on November 14, 2018 at 1:18 PM
I remember reading somewhere that this movie actually made them stop talking like that
Reply by DikaWolf
on November 14, 2018 at 3:34 PM
I grew up in California in the 80s (and spent a lot of time in the San Fernando Valley), yeah the slang and use in the movie was pretty accurate. The slang as represented in the Moon Unit Zappa song however was a bit overdone. The fashion in the move was also about right, though needed a lot more blazers (Oh my God! I totally owned like 5 different neon ones myself).