Anne and Ryan welcome guest Caramel Nguyen to discuss the 2001 romance SAVE THE LAST DANCE starring Julia Stiles, Sean Patrick Thomas, and Kerry Washington. The Thomas Carter-directed story of a teenage interracial couple in Chicago helped inspire the early-2000s dance flick craze, (not to mention a recent fascination on TikTok). Viewed two decade's later, the film's themes of race and class encompass far more than one white girl's hip-hop-infused Juilliard audition. In this broad-ranging conversation, Nguyen describes her fascination with this movie, along with her family's film-watching rituals, her horror fandom, people of color in the history of cinema, and much, much more.
SAVE THE LAST DANCE is currently available to stream for free on Pluto TV.