Culture in the 90s was obsessed with the sex lives of teenagers. This is a theme we will come back to several times throughout the season. In this episode, we'll talk about
Drew Barrymore, who became a massive star at age 7 in
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), went to rehab at 13, became an emancipated minor at 15 and immediately started pushing buttons with naked photo shoots and her comeback role as a murderously seductive teen in
Poison Ivy (1992). With teenaged Drew scantily clad in magazines and on screen - and "Long Island Lolita"
Amy Fisher making headlines for shooting her adult lover's wife - the media was eager to exploit the precocious sexuality of other teen girls. But while she made her film debut in the Poison Ivy-esque
The Crush (1993),
Alicia Silverstone vocally pushed back on being branded "the next Lolita".
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