“The need to be there [in Tampa for spring break], we feel, really is a need—not just a physical longing but a social emergency, to which no alternative can be imagined. American teenagers are no different, in this respect, from the British upper classes, who, until not long ago, would rather be seen dead than not be seen at Ascot, near the Queen.”
— And that’s when I stopped reading Anthony Lane’s review of Spring Breakers…
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