\nLicorice Pizza is a lush, funny, charming, moving early ‘70s San Fernando Valley period piece about a 25/15yo age gap romance that’s a coming of age for both of them. But it’s okay cause the 15yo is the initiator and the boy, which is exactly how you pull the thesis/antithesis -> synthesis turn. See it.
“Licorice Pizza” was a LA record store that doesn’t show up in the movie at all, though there is actually a bit about contemporary vinyl economics. Also, there’s a subplot about pinball, and I wouldn’t be surprised if a bunch of the classic tables used as props came from this girl I know.
Oh, also beyond the age gap stuff, polyamorists might be interested in the way the overwhelming majority of the drama is about them dealing with jealousy over each other’s (potential) other paramours while the whole ambiguous thing plays out, given that it is 1973 Los Angeles and sex partners are falling off trees
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