each generation is going to take a look at standard themes like "this is what teenagers do" and "hey we had a war" and "settling down"

movies like "dazed and confused" and "wet hot american summer" are about transferring and communicating that experience from people 'making' the culture to the people defining what their generation means at the time. dazed and confused wasn't for linklater's people. wet hot american summer wasn't for the people who went to high school will the folks on the state.

you know who loves dazed and confused?

people like this:
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/6574/the-rural-hipster-why-we-need-chuck-klosterman/

not people like this:
http://www.nndb.com/lists/959/000105644/