Tracy Flick
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Oct 4, 2026
speaker_1HOST
I am talking about Election, 1999, based on Tom Perrotta's novel, directed by Alexander Payne.
speaker_1HOST
We've got Reese Witherspoon as Tracy Flick, the terrifyingly ambitious overachiever running for class president.
speaker_2HOST
Pick Flick.
speaker_1HOST
Pick Flick.
speaker_2HOST
It's a phenomenal adaptation.
speaker_1HOST
Now, I have a theory about this one, and I want you to tear it apart if I'm wrong.
speaker_1HOST
On the surface, Tracy Flick is framed as the classic Type A villain, the annoying hand-raising student we all kinda hated.
speaker_2HOST
Right, the quintessential overachiever.
Seth CreekmoreHOST
this is not a video podcast yet you can see lee almost jumped out of her chair and she will tell you she does not run or jump She's
Mario SikoraHOST
like Tracy Flick sitting there with her arms.
Lee FieldsHOST
I got this one.
Lee FieldsHOST
Yeah, I don't run or jump unless the actual tiger is actually chasing me.
Gurdeep AhluwaliaHOST
That wouldn't surprise me.
Gurdeep AhluwaliaHOST
One actress, one woman gave us Elle Woods, Tracy Flick, and June Carter.
Gurdeep AhluwaliaHOST
Who is
StephHOST
it? Reese Witherspoon.
Jessica TarlovGUEST
So...
Jessica TarlovGUEST
Tracy Flick, the movie Election, I'm always kind of dating myself perfectly as an elder millennial woman.
Jessica TarlovGUEST
Also, that I wanted to know what you thought of Hillary Clinton this morning on Morning Joe also puts me squarely in there.
Jessica TarlovGUEST
So the movie Election just always spoke to me.
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Jessica TarlovGUEST
And I wanted the book also, I mean, it's not...
Jessica TarlovGUEST
I don't think it's too female.
Jessica TarlovGUEST
I mean, you would be able to tell me if it felt too girly to you that we have talked about Tracy Flick and Elle Woods already.
Jessica TarlovGUEST
That's
Jennifer BerkshireHOST
As I got to meet the students who make Youth Court happen at Attleboro High, I couldn't help but wonder what their friends make of their roles as, say, judge or bailiff or jury foreperson.
Jennifer BerkshireHOST
Did their non-restorative justice-minded friends ever make cracks about Tracy Flick, the heroine of one of my all-time favorite movies, Election? Spoiler, no one here was familiar with that 1999 classic.
Jennifer BerkshireHOST
School advocate Star Parham says that her friends are definitely curious about what happens in the youth courtroom.
Star ParhamSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
A lot of them are pretty intrigued with it, but we don't really talk about what we do in here because we just don't feel too comfortable.
Jessica TarlovGUEST
Yeah.
Jessica TarlovGUEST
So this is something that I had to learn the hard way as someone who would self-describe as a Tracy Flick kind of character in life.
Jessica TarlovGUEST
I always prided myself and almost couldn't control myself from having a quick retort, even when it really hurt me, frankly, to respond in that way.
Jessica TarlovGUEST
And you get this kind of know-it-all reputation, a little bit of a Doogie Howser, right? And I didn't love it, but I also felt like I couldn't stop myself.
Nan McNamaraHOST
... and were from the very start.
Nan McNamaraHOST
Can you share with our listeners and viewers how you came to that passion and your personal Tracy Flick story-
Alicia MaloneGUEST
[laughs]
Nan McNamaraHOST
... from high school, which I just love?