Beauty vs Beast: Two Total Bettys
Monday, November 10, 2014 at 1:00PM JA from MNPP here, surfing the crimson wave to today's round of "Beauty vs Beast" - today would've been the 37th birthday of Brittany Murphy, you guys. And since we can hardly let that terrible Lifetime movie be the absolute and final word on her legacy (I watched about fifteen minute of that thing and I was all, "As if!") let's step our memories back to happier times, when the skirts were short and the socks were knee-high...
It's maybe a stretch to call Tai the villain of Clueless, but she is the antagonist that shakes up Cher's insulated world, so just go with me. And it's not like anybody would vote for Cher's actual nemesis, Designer Imposter Perfume Amber.
You have seven days to negotiate your final grades in the comments!
PREVIOUSLY In celebration of Interstellar's release (here in retrospect I kind of wish I'd waited until I saw the interminable movie first - ugh) we gave last week's competition over to Christopher Nolan's most memorable battle of the comic-book titans, and y'all voted chaos to reign - Heath Ledger's Joker strutted away in a blow-out with over 80% of the vote. Said Daniel Armour:
"If were just talking about The Dark Knight then the Joker. I loved Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman overall but TDK didn't give him as much to do as the other films. Also, Ledger was excellent as The Joker and truly deserved the acclaim - and awards - he got for the film."
Reader Comments (15)
"You're a virgin who can't drive."
A fierce burn in context, completely ridiculous out of context.
That *was* way harsh, Tai.
Anyway, I went with Cher because of her digital closet. Ah, the time something like that would save me.
Even though Tai has my favorite line in the movie ("Not exactly a montage"), I have to vote for Cher.
impossible choice , love both!
I was 12 or 13 when this movie came out and was absolutely obsessed. I wrote fan letters to the entire cast and Elisa Donovan was the only one to respond. I've been team Amber ever since! I can't bring myself to vote for Cher because if she doesn't do the assignment I can't do mine!
Bizarre that two movies that share an actress also have the, "who talks like that!", stems as slang for legs thing, especially since it makes a bit more sense in the worse movie (Batman and Robin) as a plant pun.
Have to go with Cher, due to our shared love of Beavis & Butthead and Snickers. And can you believe they still haven't put R.S.V.P. on the Statue of Liberty? As if!
Love this movie. Had to vote for Tai.
Had to vote for Cher, obviously. Btw. how Silverstone did not get Golden Globe nod for this is beyond me.
I would have voted for Amber.
Is no one teen Ambular?
of course, dionne is the real villain these days
I vote for Tai. She's just cooler.
Tai over Cher? As if.
I guess it was a sign of the times, but most of cast did the TV show, which is kind of shocking. Nowadays that would never happen. Although, I guess Lacey Chabert and Jonathan Bennett would've done a Mean Girls TV show.
I vote Cher, because I was a virgin who couldn't drive until much later years than I would have liked.