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‘Bring It On’ Turns 20: Filmmakers Reflect on Making the Cheerleading Classic and Spotlighting ‘Cultural Theft’

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Rebecca Rubin News Editor, OnlineTwenty years after “Bring It On” debuted, “Brr it’s cold in here” and “This is not a democracy, it’s a cheerocracy” have shown no signs of being shunted aside from the cultural lexicon.But in the late ’90s when screenwriter Jessica Bendinger shopped her lengthy 120-page script around Hollywood, every major studio passed on making a teen movie about cheerleaders.

She was about to give up hope that the Rancho Carne Toros and the East Compton Clovers would get their due on the big screen when producers at Beacon Pictures fell in love with the screenplay and agreed to make the movie.Despite the initial reluctance of many executives, “Bring It On” became a hit when it was released in theaters on Aug.

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