Aug 062009
Let us bow our heads for a moment in memory of John Hughes. When future historians attempt to analyze the phenomenon of the Reagan Era teenager, his films will be mandatory viewing. Hughes’ characters could be shallow, materialistic preppies, but they freely recognized their own shallowness and materialism. But the world was probably going to blow up anyway, so why spend too much time thinking about what a jerk you are? Cue the Simple Minds and let’s turn the school library into a dancehall.
For a more trenchant analysis of Hughes’ oeuvre, I highly recommend my friend Adam Wahlberg’s 2008 MSNBC article.
