Yes,I watched this classic movie from my teen years last night on Bravo- I dont know about the rest of you,but in my opinion John Hughes set the tone for the teen angst movies back in the 1980's....they all incorporated the social hierarchy that is so prevalent in high school-the jocks,the prom queens,the nerds,the headbangers,etc etc.John Hughes introduced us to memorable characters like Long Duck Dong & Farmer Ted,and my generation was able to relate to everything that was portrayed in "16 Candles","Weird Science" & "The Breakfast Club".All of us remember the stereotypes from our school days,don't we?
Fast forward to the current decade-if any of you are familiar with Kevin Smiths' "Jay & Silent Bob" characters,you may have seen "Dogma"-it was very much hated by hardline Catholics but it contained alot of Smiths' signature in-jokes,including a reference to John Hughes movies.In "Dogma",Jay(Jason Mewes) tells the main character played by Linda Fiorentino (sp?) that he & Silent Bob (Kevin Smith) cannot make a profit selling drugs in their New Jersey hometown so they figured they would come to Shermer High School in Illinois(the fictional school setting in Hughes films)and "corner" the dope market since all the guys at that school are pussies except for Judd Nelsons character,who they deem "righteous".They are dismayed to learn once they get to Illinois that Shermer High School is not real after all.
My point?When your fictionalized characters become the in-joke of another popular film comedy TWO decades later,you have truly arrived as a director!Feel free to share your favorite Hughes films with me and travel back in time to the 80's again,if only for brief moment.
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That is one of my old time movies - I like to watch it once in awhile. Love the characters and their drama!
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