I can't say for sure whether
audience members of this film who didn't grow under these very specific circumstances will be able to
fully appreciate the significance of things like admitting that, despite the overwhelming pressures of teenage coolness, you actually like the Dave Matthews Band song, Crash Into Me, but I can say that those who recognize versions of themselves on the screen in Lady Bird will be grateful to be represented
by an auteur with such an astute and funny method of illustrating the meaning behind our reference points as they applied to us a long time ago.
He opened
by acknowledging the wide cultural heritage of the
audience members and the underlying confidence and pride that most individuals can take in their cultural, political and social identity - whether they are
fully aware of it or not.