History YMMV / PCU

* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/JessicaWalter would later gain mainstream acclaim for roles on ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}''.

* ValuesResonance: While the film's tackling the issues on political correctness is up for debate, the film's plot on Balls and Shafts (a group of young conservative students) using the Pit's protests on political correctness--not to mention the inept and self-righteous President Garcia leading the policies--to fulfill their bigoted agenda became a reflection of current time's alt-right tactics of using the facade of seemingly reasonable concerns on the unsuspecting and uninformed audience to promote their causes.

* HarsherInHindsight: The sexual assault allegations and his blacklisting from mainstream productions on top of his controversial views made the opening scene of Tom--played by Creator/JeremyPiven--being chased by people he unintentionally offended hard to look as of now.

** The movie's college social landscape was based on its contemporary setting of TheNineties, where concerns of PoliticalOvercorrectness were part of mainstream consciousness. As such, centrist and apolitical The Pit showing a carefree and dismissive attitude towards feminists and LGBT groups wouldn't be seen in a negative light by contemporary audiences. While some of it is played for humor and fear of political correctness is still present today, "Biracial Asian Studies" wouldn't be as far-fetched now as the studies of LGBT in different cultural contexts have been accepted approach recently even if having to push out an important department would be going overboard.

** The movie's college social landscape was based on its contemporary setting of TheNineties, where concerns of PoliticalOvercorrectness were part of mainstream consciousness. As such, centrist and apolitical The Pit would not generally be seen in a negative light on their carefree attitude towards feminists and LGBT groups by contemporary audiences. While some of it is played for humor and fear of political correctness is still present today, "Biracial Asian Studies" wouldn't be as far-fetched now as the studies of LGBT in different cultural contexts have been accepted approach recently.
** Furthermore, as stated in the [[https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgd3yz/pcu-movie-oral-history-culture-wars-cult-classic article]], the idea of college students taking an extra fifth year for fun had been rare in United States due to rising tuition costs.
* ValuesResonance: While the film's tackling the issues on political correctness is up for debate, the film's plot on Balls and Shafts (a group of young conservative students) using the Pit's protests on political correctness--not to mention the inept and self-righteous President Garcia leading the policies--to fulfill their bigoted agenda became a reflection of current time's alt-right tactics of using fear-mongering on the unsuspecting and uninformed audience.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The movie's college social landscape was based on its contemporary setting of TheNineties, where concerns of PoliticalOvercorrectness were part of mainstream consciousness. As such, centrist and apolitical The Pit would not generally be seen in a negative light on their carefree attitude towards feminists and LGBT groups by contemporary audiences. While some of it is played for humor and fear of political correctness is still present today, "Biracial Asian Studies" wouldn't be as far-fetched now as the studies of LGBT in different cultural contexts have been accepted approach recently.

* ValuesResonance: While the film's tackling the issues on political correctness is up for debate, the film's plot on Balls and Shafts (a group of young conservative students) using the academia's fear of political correctness--not to mention the inept and self-righteous President Garcia leading the policies--to fulfill their bigoted agenda became a reflection of current time's alt-right tactics of using fear-mongering on the unsuspecting and uninformed audience.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/JessicaWalter would later gain mainstream acclaim for roles on ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}''.

* HilariousInHindsight:
** Creator/JeremyPiven would later go on to play the DeanBitterman character in ''Film/OldSchool'' nearly a decade later, basically turning into what he was opposed to here.
* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/JessicaWalter would later gain mainstream acclaim for roles on ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}''

* HarsherInHindsight: Colleges nowadays are probably far more PC than they were depicted here.

* HilariousInHindsight: Creator/JeremyPiven would later go on to play the DeanBitterman character in ''Film/OldSchool'' nearly a decade later, basically turning into what he was opposed to here.
** The next [[Series/{{ArrestedDevelopment}} character]] Creator/JessicaWalter would play would be the complete opposite of the dean.
* RetroactiveRecognition: Yep, that's [[WesternAnimation/{{Archer}} Malory Archer]] as the university president.

* HIlariousInHindsight: Creator/JeremyPiven would later go on to play the DeanBitterman character in ''Film/OldSchool'' nearly a decade later, basically turning into what he was opposed to here.