Story Lover

I had a little 80’s/John Hughes flashback. I think he really made the 80’s. And I love how his movies were about people on the fringes rubbing up against each other. High school can be a trecherous place. And I kind of wonder, how much of his stories were autobiographic?

Pretty in Pink and Some Kind of Wonderful are very similar in the sense of star-crossed lovers from the wrong side of the tracks. Breakfast Club too, how the world puts us into little categories and we misunderstand each other. I think Pretty in Pink is the least successful of them all, yet I think it’s probably the most realistic.

And it’s kind of nice to see an actress like Molly Ringwald gain such celebrity status. She looks horrible in pink. I don’t think it’d happen today. There’s too much riding on status, you have to be beautiful, really beautiful and I guess a little talent as well. But the 80’s seemed full of possibility, where authenticity was currency.