YOU GUYS. Until this month, searching for Clueless on Netflix was as useless as searching for meaning in a Pauly Shore movie. But now it’s here! To mark this special event, here is a list of the eight Jewishest things in Clueless.
Cher Horowitz could totally be the President of HIAS. Let’s recall her debate speech on the topic: “Should all oppressed people be allowed refuge in America?” Cher compares Haitian immigrants (she pronounces them Haiti-ans) to guests showing up to her garden party for her dad’s birthday without RSVP’ing. “I was, like, totally buggin’. I had to haul ass to the kitchen, redistribute the food, and squish in extra place settings. But by the end of the day it was, like, the more the merrier! And so, if the government could just get to the kitchen and rearrange some things, we could certainly party with the Haiti-ans. And in conclusion, may I please remind you that it does not say RSVP on the Statue of Liberty. Thank you very much.” (Fun fact, via the delightful As If: The Oral History of Clueless, by Jen Chaney: The mispronunciation of “Haitians” was not in the script; Alicia Silverstone really thought that was how the word was pronounced. Director Amy Heckerling, of course, kept it.)
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