Revenge of the Nerds, Better off Dead, Risky Business… to say we simply “watched” them would be an understatement. We practically wore the strip out on the Betamax, memorizing every scene, every line, every song. From Booger to Fronch fries to Swamp, these films became heroic keystones, handily defining us as proud children of the 80s — perhaps in the same way that Zeppelin or the Beatles were iconic backdrops to my parents’ upbringing. The Hughes’ films of course being mandatory. Ferris Bueller, The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles; we lived them. My friend Elliott Hurst said it best, calling John “My Generation’s J.D. Salinger,” and reminding us that, in a way, John’s death last week was mortally wounding. RIP.
xo
8/10/09 | Comments (0)Tags: Better off Dead, CUT THROUGH THE NOISE, Elliot Hurst, KATE BRADLEY, OUTLANDOS MUSIC, Revenge of the Nerds, Risky Business, Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club —
