# Easy A Is Freaking Hilarious **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 9, 2011, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-a-is-freaking-hilarious/574013 "2011-03-09T05:11:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-a-is-freaking-hilarious/574013/21 "2011-03-09T21:10:50Z")
I loved the movie. Emma Stone was hilarious, and Amanda Bynes was even better. I thought it was funny all the way through, and it was neat to see little bits of Ojai all over the place. > [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > I graduated in 2004 and sex was a big big deal. I had quite the reputation because I did have sex and wasn’t at all ashamed about it- I had one boyfriend for 3 years and only had sex with him, but you’d have thought I was a hooker or something by the way people talked. I now work with high school students and I can assure you that the #1 life killing thing to them would be if someone started a rumor that they were not only having sex, but having multiple sex partners. Even a chunk of the boys will flip out if anyone suggests they are having sex. The sex stuff seems true to me. But, what didn’t ring true was the kid rebelling against his gay image at a school in a laid back progressive enclave like Ojai. Ojai just seems like the sort of place were gay students would be welcomed with open arms and not bullied. My niece goes to school in a suburb of Philadelphia and gay students are celebrated and they don’t seem to be made to feel out of place. And, in a place like Ojai I imagine this is even more prevalent. It seemed to have an '80s mindset. Then again, in general, in most places it is true that gay kids get bullied and I guess many would jump at a way to be accepted like that. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-a-is-freaking-hilarious/574013/22 "2011-03-09T21:31:39Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > It didn’t get the attention that _Easy A_ received, but Will Gluck’s first movie, _Fired Up!_, was also a cut above the stereotypical teen comedy. Absolutely. I had no reason to believe that _Fired Up!_ would be any better than a stereotypical teen sex comedy. It turned out to be a scream. **Coach Keith:** I was born cheering! My mother swears the first thing out of her what’s-it was a little pair of baby hands doing spirit fingers! [laughs] **Coach Keith:** That’s a joke! But it really happened. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-a-is-freaking-hilarious/574013/23 "2011-03-09T22:27:59Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > :boggle: Well, they’re both female humans, I’ll give you that. And neither one has ever been in my kitchen. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-a-is-freaking-hilarious/574013/24 "2011-03-10T01:33:53Z")
I liked it a lot, I had a little trouble with how angsty it is to be growing up in Ojai with the worlds coolest parents, but still, gobs of fun, Thomas Haden Church was awesome. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-a-is-freaking-hilarious/574013/25 "2011-03-10T07:46:10Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > And while I’m on the topic, well, actually I guess I’m not, but what the fuck was so wrong with Russell Crowe’s version of “Robin Hood.” The rest of your post sounds sarcastic but I’ll give you a serious answer anyway. [Here you go](http://incontention.com/2010/05/16/nottingham-how-a-hot-script-became-a-forgettable-film/). [QUOTE=Long story short] The real bummer is that a solid property is now lost to the winds while those who were involved in dismantling it walk away with their expected payday and the suits who let them dismantle it are stuck with the check. [/QUOTE] IOW, the original script was brilliant and original, and the studio kept fucking with it until it became just another generic Robin Hood film. And because the film is tied to the script rights, the original script can never be made into the film it was supposed to be. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-a-is-freaking-hilarious/574013/26 "2011-03-12T02:01:27Z")
I picked it up tonight, partially because I saw this thread. I think it’s the best comedy I’ve seen since **Hot Fuzz**. It reminded very much of the superb **The Opposite of Sex** of several years ago – not in theme or anything, but by the abundance of smart, laugh-out-loud lines. Every scene with Patricia Clarkson or Stanley Tucci was so dense with great lines and humor that you were afraid to laugh and miss something even better. Emma Stone was very impressive and I loved the way the film kept doubling down and back on the jokes. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-a-is-freaking-hilarious/574013/27 "2011-03-12T02:46:29Z")
> [@BetsQ](#): > > I mostly really enjoyed it to, but had difficulty with my suspension of disbelief. In what world is having sex so rumor inspiring? I just couldn’t believe that the original gossip would have been such a big deal. Or has high school changed that much since the late 80s? Yeah, I had trouble getting past the premise. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-a-is-freaking-hilarious/574013/28 "2011-03-12T04:07:21Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > Ok, the parents of the lead strike me as a bit of a Mary Jane … ultra understanding and funny. They strike you as a shoe? ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-a-is-freaking-hilarious/574013/29 "2011-03-12T07:40:05Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > Ok, the parents of the lead strike me as a bit of a Mary Jane … ultra understanding and funny. I know! I kept meaning to start a new thread about ‘best fictional parents’. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-a-is-freaking-hilarious/574013.md?page=1)