Four girls in a Japanese school prepare for their performance at the school festival with one sub-in: The Korean exchange student who doesn’t know the songs. The new shape of their group, and the uncertain shape of their lives to come, casts a weird malaise over the days leading up to the show, broken only by their moments of youthful camaraderie.

LINDA LINDA LINDA holds a special place in the boys’ hearts — most of them, anyway — as both a wistful reminiscence of teenage abandon and a movie that helped us feel a bit less distant from one another during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, we’re trying to do that awkward thing of breaking through the vice grip of nostalgia to give this cult classic hangout movie a real critical eye. Is the success consistent or varying? As with all things in your life, it’s up to you to decide!

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References:

Watch LINDA LINDA LINDA on the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/linda-linda-linda-2005_202309
“Studying Abroad with Linda Linda Linda” by Mimi Huelster for Perisphere, the Trylon blog
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Show art by Emily Csuy. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro music: “リンダリンダ' (“Linda Linda Linda”) by The Blue Hearts from the LINDA LINDA LINDA soundtrack.