The Boston Globe, July 9th, 2000
Jamie Babbit wants to make one thing clear: Her satire "But I'm a Cheerleader" isn't recycled John Waters. Yes, it's a tongue-in-cheek Day-Glo skewering of suburban mores, and yes, it features Waters staple Mink Stole in a cameo. But the film reflects what Babbit calls a "femme aesthetic" that is purely her own, drawn from obvious feminine pop-cultural sources such as Barbie and less-obvious ones such as the Tatum O'Neal/Kristy McNichol film "Little Darlings." Babbit's debut feature is about teenager Megan (played by Natasha Lyonne of "Slums of Beverly Hills"), who is whisked by her parents to...
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