When Allen comes to their table, the director frames a medium close up on screen because Zwigoff wants the concentration of the audience to be bounded to Allen. Not having Rebbeca and Enid in the scene proves that he wants to create distance between the three characters in the scene. In comparison, this is not the focus in the graphic novels. In the scene where Enid and Rebecca were insulting and making fun of Allen, the audience can no longer see his face, but in the comics it is clear that Enid and Rebecca were insulting Allen to his face. This was shown by using a series of reverse shots helps to show the disconnection between the pair (Rebecca and Enid) and Allen, the person that they were insulting. The style used in the scene allow the characters to be more sympathetic. In the same scene, we notice that Rebecca's voice become warmer which is a sign to the audience to forgive her for her stupid actions. .
Secondly, Enid's sexual frustration and the flashbacks about Rebecca' virginity being lost are not well translated in the movie as evidenced by Clowe's reference in the graphic novel "Will you tell me your lose of virginity story again?" ( Clowes 35-37) . Zwigoff is not interested in focusing on Enid's sex life as he did not mentioned Enid's sexual fantasy towards her high school teacher nor her past sexual experience at the age of 16; however, Clowes elaborated on Enid's sex life in great detail. I believe this occured because the novel is more likely aimed at teenage girls; therefore pointing out this amount of adult scenes are a normal act of teenage rebellion. Clowes and Zwigoff either thought it is unnecessary to perform these adult scenes or they were worried about Thora Birch acting out in this particular scene. In the comics, the only time we can see Enid smile and in a state of disillusionment is after she had sex. The emotion formed in this part of the graphic novels would not be easy to visualize into the screen.
