Say Anything... (1989)

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Wikidata Q963713, film, IMDb tt0098258, TMDB 2028: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the best known by that title (22 Wikipedias; the next, 1); 1 more episode agrees.

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Who talked about it

Blank Check with Griffin & David

The Rewatchables

Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

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Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

As Good as It Gets: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Say Anything... → As Good as It Gets. Say Anything is the top example of a 'but I like her' genre in which a refused man persists until the woman caves, a genre the hosts apply to romcoms like this one.
    “Obviously say anything's a huge one.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:36:40 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Janeane Garofalo: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): Janeane Garofalo → Say Anything.... Garofalo's character feels like an extension of Lili Taylor's in Say Anything.
    “kind of an extension of Lily Taylor from say anything a little bit.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reality Bites’ 25th Anniversary With Bill Simmons, Chuck Klosterman, and Chris Ryan · 0:33:27 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

John Cusack: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (casting what-if / archetype): John Cusack → Say Anything.... Cusack was the backup for Ferris, and Lloyd Dobler is in the same vein as Ferris.
    “I think Lloyd Dobbler is sort of in the same vein as Ferris.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:59:11 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

The Graduate: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): The Graduate → Say Anything.... Also fits the 'but I like her' genre, and rewatched it reads as stalking.
    “Well, the graduate is insane.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:36:58 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

people (1)

  1. people (people): Janeane Garofalo → Say Anything.... Garofalo's character feels like an extension of Lili Taylor's in Say Anything.
    “kind of an extension of Lily Taylor from say anything a little bit.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reality Bites’ 25th Anniversary With Bill Simmons, Chuck Klosterman, and Chris Ryan · 0:33:27 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

theme (2)

  1. theme (theme): Say Anything... → As Good as It Gets. Say Anything is the top example of a 'but I like her' genre in which a refused man persists until the woman caves, a genre the hosts apply to romcoms like this one.
    “Obviously say anything's a huge one.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:36:40 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme): The Graduate → Say Anything.... Also fits the 'but I like her' genre, and rewatched it reads as stalking.
    “Well, the graduate is insane.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:36:58 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (casting what-if / archetype): John Cusack → Say Anything.... Cusack was the backup for Ferris, and Lloyd Dobler is in the same vein as Ferris.
    “I think Lloyd Dobbler is sort of in the same vein as Ferris.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:59:11 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

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