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7. “Revenge of the Nerds,” 1984 A savvy rebuttal to “Animal House,” Jeff Kanew’s pro-nerd feature seemed radical then, in a time before Comic-Con and new-media geeks. It’s still a hoot to watch the outcast computer science majors, in an alliance with a dorky woman, an Asian, a gay man, and a black fraternity, foil the odious white-boy Greeks.
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By Gerald Peary, Globe Correspondent
7. “Revenge of the Nerds,” 1984

A savvy rebuttal to “Animal House,” Jeff Kanew’s pro-nerd feature seemed radical then, in a time before Comic-Con and new-media geeks. It’s still a hoot to watch the outcast computer science majors, in an alliance with a dorky woman, an Asian, a gay man, and a black fraternity, foil the odious white-boy Greeks.