Who didn’t dream of a Lloyd Dobler-esque romantic gesture?
Like those adolescence and teen years, though, reality blurs when viewed through the lens of time.
Being a teenager was probably not as perfect or, alternately, as horrible as you remember.
And your memory could be playing tricks on you where the super nostalgicSay Anythingis concerned, too.
That’s not to say the characters are without similarities they’re both charming and brash.
But they also have some ironic differences, namely the fact that Martin Crane was a retired police officer.
That definitely doesn’t jive with James Court’s side hustles of fraud and embezzlement.
AndBebe Neuwirth, who also went on to star inFrasier, makes a cameo as Lloyd’s school adviser.
Of course, this is all tinged with sadness in light ofMahoney’s passing.
You make the unforgettable look easy."
However, they were both relatively green whenSay Anythinghit screens.
But poor Joan’s role as Lloyd’s big sis, Constance, is “uncredited.”
Hard to imagine, right?
The siblings have since become Hollywood heavyweights.
BothJohnandJoanboast more than 80 acting credits each.
It would have been pretty hard to miss set against herbright white dress and shrug.
And yet, multiple times during the party, she breaks it out and asks classmates to sign it.
Sense a pattern here?
Credit for that performance, of course, goes to actressLili Taylor.
Watch it now, though, and that sense of deja vu will undoubtedly make sense:Mystic Pizza!
Taylor’s characters from the two movies have a lot in common.
The similar story arcs plus those names (JoJo and Joe)?
Hold up, is “scam” ’80s code for sex?
To which Corey responds, “That’s not even a scam.”
Sweet innocent Lloyd doesn’t know what a scam is, so his BFFs fill him in.
“Going out as friends,” Corey describes it.
“No, it’s not.
Scam is lusting,” D.C. interjects.
But, like, which is it?
The lingo pops up several times throughout the movie, leaving one to wonder what exactly scammin' is.
Is it the same as “hooking up” now?
Who can keep up?
But the bottom line is that “scamming” is notthat.
So, basically, a scam is the PG, ’80s version ofNetflix and chill.
We live, we learn, we grow.
When you first watchedSay Anything, you probably viewed Diane totally in context to Lloyd.
He was the sun.
Her narrative revolved around his.
Not to mention she came off kind of stuffy and definitely naive.
She’s not a sidekick.
She’s actually a very nuanced character more than capable of carrying her part in the film.
You could even categorize her as a fierce, female role model.
For starters, she’s unapologetically smart.
She works hard both at school and at her dad’s nursing home after.
When Lloyd babbles about his aversion to older people, sheaccuses him of ageism.
Wasn’t that….
Why yes, yes it wasa movie John Cusack starred in.
But there is a little nod there, nonetheless.
When Lloyd is mourning his breakup with Diane,he drives down 45th Streetand passes the famedGuild 45th Theatre.
On the marquis is you guessed it Tapeheads.
Don’t go getting any ideas about catching a flick at this cinema gem, though.
As of 2017, the Guild 45th Theatre is closed, reportedly for renovations and refurbishing.
According to theSeattle Times, no development plans have been filed with the city.
In the interim, however, the Guild 45th did receivehistoric landmark statusfrom the city.
He was smart, funny, endearingly quirky, and seemingly friends with everyone.
His best friends, who were all women,considered him a catch.
He had all of that going for him before he even broke out the boombox.
And watching this scene decades later still does the trick.
It’s one of the greatest romantic moments of cinema ever.
Having said all of that, that boombox scene was also unlikely to go off without a hitch.
Meanwhile, have you ever been to a boxing gym?
Afraid of flying?
In youth, it probably never crossed your mind to question the validity of Lloyd’s statement.
You may even have adopted it as your own in-flight-calming-mechanism.
But is there anything to it, really?
Well, looks like ol' Lloyd knew his stuff sort of.
However, 47 percent of accidents occur during final approach and landing.
They add, however, that fatal accidents are also likely during the climbing stage at the beginning.
So Lloyd isn’t totally off-base, but he isn’t entirely accurate either.
