Reality Bites (feat. Nico Lang and Christian Rogers)

In this seventeenth episode of ‘You Should See The Other Guy,’ Jenn, Sadie, and Samantha are joined by journalist Nico Lang and artist Christian Rogers to unravel the many mysteries contained within the Gen X classic ‘Reality Bites’ (1994). Where do Vickie (Janeane Garofalo) and Sammy (Steve Zahn) go in act three? Why does a movie obsessed with the idea of “selling out” have so much product placement? And why — WHY, listener, WHY! — does Leleina (Winona Ryder) choose the perpetually damp-looking and generally unpleasant rocker Troy (Ethan Hawke) over funny and cute cable TV exec Michael (Ben Stiller)? Also discussed: a real-life encounter with Ethan Hawke that seems to prove he is not like Troy IRL, no matter how convincingly he plays a pretentious asshole in this film.