RANDOM QUESTION: Finally saw Juno last night (with a friend who'd already seen it. It was the second best option available--There Will Be Blood was sold out, and neither of us (surprisingly) felt like going to see the VeggieTales movie), and something's been bothering me about it since.
It's this: why does Juno play "All the Young Dudes" for the Jason Bateman character? A teenager of any sophisticated music snobbery--one of her favorite bands was the Runaways*--should be aware that Mott the Hoople gets played on classic rock radio. Granted, that's because it's one of David Bowie's excellent songs from that period, so it's not, oh, Free; but how she could expect that he might not know it fails me.
Alternatively, she could play the song because she has some half-thought-out plan to try and seduce him, but then, "Because the Night" or "Dancing Barefoot" seem like better choices, and more within the sphere of her taste.
*The Runaways are a great band to like because they remain obscure even now; in indie-cred terms, I think only the Heartbreakers are better, because they permit you to have the following conversation:
You, cool indie-rock person: "I've been listening to the Heartbreakers a lot lately."
Befuddled non-cool person who probably listens to the radio: "Uh, you mean Tom Petty's band?"
You: [rolls eyes] "No, the band Johnny Thunders was in after he left the New York Dolls."
"Thou shalt not extinguish thine anger, but shall master it,
that thy conscience may not be blunted by adjustment
to wrong causes."
-The Dutch Ten Commandments to Foil the Nazis
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