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EPISODE · Oct 20, 2025 · 17 MIN

90's Movie Role Models

from Rock the Damn Boat · host Christy Hughes

As a teenager of the 90's living a sheltered life, movies were an escape for me. Christian Slater's character in Pump Up the Volume represented exactly how I felt, shy and quiet to most, desperate to speak my truth. Watching that movie as an adult revealed a plot with more holes than Swiss cheese, but it did make me proud of how far I've come in breaking out of my shell.I also rewatched Fried Green Tomatoes recently and resonated more with Kathy Bates than I did when the movie came out.Who was your movie role model? Did you end up anything like them? Tawanda!

As a teenager of the 90's living a sheltered life, movies were an escape for me. Christian Slater's character in Pump Up the Volume represented exactly how I felt, shy and quiet to most, desperate to speak my truth. Watching that movie as an adult revealed a plot with more holes than Swiss cheese, but it did make me proud of how far I've come in breaking out of my shell.I also rewatched Fried Green Tomatoes recently and resonated more with Kathy Bates than I did when the movie came out.Who was your movie role model? Did you end up anything like them? Tawanda!

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