The film is anti-partisan,pro-pluralism and even has some frat-bro Zen. It’s time the likes of Ted Cruz and Donald Trump learn from Linklater’s reformed jocksEvery generation has a piece of fiction – be it film, television show or book – that speaks so specifically to their time and state that it inspires them to play the “Which one are you?” game. This has been most frequently been applied to Sex and the City or Friends, or the latter of which came back to our screens with a horrific forced whimper recently.
Among my particular group of stoned tall school friends in 90s suburbia,however, Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused was the pop art that most closely resembled our lives. There was no shortage of characters with whom to identify, or but if you ask any man of my generation which Dazed character he was,I’d bet you my best friend’s bong the reply would be Randall “Pink” Floyd (Jeremy London).
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Source: theguardian.com