Why Film 'Ghost World' is a Doctrine For Disaffected Youths

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What were you like as a teenager? If you watched Ghost World, and loved it, like so much, you were probably deeply miserable. "Accentuate the Negative" this was the tagline to the film, a 2001 paean to disaffected youth adapted from the cult comic book by Terry Zwigoff. Thora Birch (remember her?) and Scarlett Johansson play Enid and Rebecca, bored teens stuck in middle America who’d really like to be more interesting. Enid is simply desperate to be more…