The movie version of
Go Ask Alice was, at one time, shown to young people as anti-drug
propaganda. Now, however, most people agree with
junkpile and it has become somewhat of a
caricature of itself. I don't believe this bleak narrative is actually shown to kids today as an attempt at
deglorifying drugs. On the contrary, I was introduced to the movie during a course about advertising and propaganda that used it as an example of
something that should provoke doubt as opposed to
something serious.
I choose to believe that the people who rated this as a 'good book' on
Amazon may have done so because of its historical kitchiness; its secured place in
pop culture and in humorously dated americana. For those reasons,
Go Ask Alice shouldn't be forgotten or dismissed. It belongs somewhere next to
Reefer Girl on our video shelves.