Superbad Analysis

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In 2007, came a film from the comic geniuses Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg about three high school nerds trying to accomplish two things before they graduate, attend a real party and lose their virginities. In the movie Superbad, senior year has come around for three friends, Seth, Evan and Fogell. They have finally gotten the chance to attend a real high school party. They are given the task to provide all of the alcohol to impress the girls throwing the party. The problem is, none of them have a way to get it without using one of their friends, Fogell’s fake ID under the name “McLovin”. Despite the many attempts, the group of friends struggles to acquire the alcohol necessary for the party. The movie is primarily focused on the group of …show more content…
While both authors had experienced high school life before, only Roger Ebert had related the movies events to his own past high school experiences. He is able to do this when talking about the movies references on how important it was for the guys to have sex before they graduate, saying “Such deprivation used to be commonplace; I am of the opinion that only about two members of the Urbana High School graduating class of 1960 had experienced sex….” Roger Ebert was able to make a good connection from the movie to his past experiences. Meanwhile, LaSalle had made different connections between the movie and his past high school experiences, were not as significant as Eberts. The only connection LaSalle made throughout his whole review was when he was talking about the guys struggles to buy the alcohol for the party. LaSalle states “to be at an age when just buying a six-pack requires the detailed planning of a master criminal.” The readers can further infer here that LaSalle is making a reference to his knowledge of the difficulty for underage teenagers to buy alcohol. Even though the authors have different relations from their own past experiences, they can still relate themselves to the characters in the