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7. Denby’s central argument is that teen movies are cliche’ and misrepresent the atmosphere of real life high school. His secondary argument is that sometimes these interpertions of the movies can be true and have some truth to be found in them.

10. Denby supports his argument by saying, “…a few years go by, and a pale little nerd (we see him at reunion) has become rich. All the poking at chemicals has paid off.” Meaning that in high school nerds most ultimately win.

11. They help him because they go beyond the cliche’ themes of popularity and “prom.” They go more into the art genre and things that actually happen high school.

12. The likely audience is other film critics and people who read, “The New Yorker.”