Jessica Bendinger

Speaks on the shows. Their sketches and lines as a speaker.

Counted as writer, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they wrote, which the two lists below run through too: Bring It On (2000).

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, 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.

Grease (1978): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · them, directly: Grease ⇒ Jessica Bendinger (the host's read). Bendinger names Grease, Risky Business and Fast Times as the teen classics she grew up on.
    “But before that, it was Greece was probably the biggest, you know, cultural phenomenon, then Risky Business and Fast Times, of course.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:11:13 · Jessica Bendinger (0.85 sure it was them)

Jessica Bendinger: 1 line, within their own work

  1. theme (theme) · through Bring It On (2000), which they wrote: Jessica Bendinger ⇒ Bring It On (the maker said so: her own interview, quoted on the show). Her hip hop journalism at Spin shaped the film's theme of white kids imitating black artists.
    “Years later, when she got into the world of cheerleading, she saw that pattern repeating itself.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:12:37 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · them, directly: Rock 'n' Roll High School ⇒ Jessica Bendinger (the host's read). She remembers seeing Rock 'n' Roll High School growing up.
    “So I do remember seeing rock and roll high school.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:10:58 · Jessica Bendinger (0.85 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Bring It On (2000): 1 line, within their own work

  1. theme (theme) · them, directly: Jessica Bendinger ⇒ Bring It On (the maker said so: her own interview, quoted on the show). Her hip hop journalism at Spin shaped the film's theme of white kids imitating black artists.
    “Years later, when she got into the world of cheerleading, she saw that pattern repeating itself.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:12:37 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Writing (1) everyone in writing

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Jessica Bendinger → Bring It On. Bendinger wrote it as Cheer Fever after pitching it around Hollywood nearly 30 times.
    “Bendinger pitched her cheerleading idea around Hollywood nearly 30 times.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:14:43 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)

lineage (2)

  1. lineage (lineage): Jessica Bendinger → Rock 'n' Roll High School. She remembers seeing Rock 'n' Roll High School growing up.
    “So I do remember seeing rock and roll high school.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:10:58 · Jessica Bendinger (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): Jessica Bendinger → Grease. Bendinger names Grease, Risky Business and Fast Times as the teen classics she grew up on.
    “But before that, it was Greece was probably the biggest, you know, cultural phenomenon, then Risky Business and Fast Times, of course.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:11:13 · Jessica Bendinger (0.85 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): Jessica Bendinger → Bring It On. Her hip hop journalism at Spin shaped the film's theme of white kids imitating black artists.
    “Years later, when she got into the world of cheerleading, she saw that pattern repeating itself.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:12:37 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.