Yeah, first thing I thought of. I found this book hilarious, as a teen, long ago, but even then that was an uncomfortable twist.
Side note: all this “OMG Friends/The Simpsons/Judd Apatow movies are suddenly problematic in the metoo era” stuff is wrecking my head. It was plain as day that there was troubling stuff there (and Friends/Simpsons are FAR from the worst examples). Popular culture has long been suffused with disempowering and cruel stereotypes. NB This is not a defence of it, I’m as angry as I ever was - more so, now that I’m a parent - and metoo/timesup is fantastic. Just saying that we’ve been living with disgusting shit in our entertainment for way too long and anyone with eyes to see could’ve called it out anytime. Again, it’s brilliant that we’re doing so now.
