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laeyisoracle — 13 years ago(September 20, 2012 09:37 PM)
LOL, the fact people still think he was a Chinese exchange student is racist in itself. He was a KOREAN exchange student. So, all Asians are Chinese?! THAT is racist!!!
J/K, but it does give something to think about(most people I've ran into, especially on this board, still think Long Duck Dong is Chinese). Saying a Korean is Chinese is like saying a Cuban is Mexican or saying an Irish is German. Ironic thing, that's actually what was more common back then(everybody referring to all different Asian nationalities as being "Chinese". It really hasn't change that much, has it(again, J/K, LOL). -
jefgg — 13 years ago(January 20, 2013 11:42 AM)
I grew up in the '80s and that seemed like one humiliation after another. School sometimes reminded me of a bad prison movie especially the cafeteria and gym class. That is in my rear view mirror. Whatever hassles I got at school did not bother me much. It was the hassles I got at home from family and so called friends that brought me down. Too often the people who should be pushing you up are the ones keeping you down.
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Aqquila989 — 13 years ago(February 08, 2013 07:23 AM)
the 'hero' Jake giving his drunk girlfriend to a horny 14-year-old to drive safely home, w/the implication that he can score
I don't think there was such an implication. Ted was at first very uncomfortable with Caroline coming onto him. Next morning, when he believes that they had sex and Jake sees them together, Ted is shocked; he crosses himself and says "Oh, my God, I'm dead." I think that makes it clear that Jake didn't give Ted any "permission" to sleep with Caroline. -
witster18 — 13 years ago(February 23, 2013 11:27 AM)
oh come on now racial stereotyping? you just discredited 60% of the film industry. and the joan cusak character you're missing another point - SHE WAS WEIRD! forget her physical handicap, and somehow Joan infused some sort of likability into the character.
jake didn't know he closed the door on her hair.
and she was the slut, remember the statment "she had to (*#$^%( about nine grades", and the way she acted he was right to blow her off
besides these depict typical high school situations - often cruel if they weren't made to look that way then they'd be 'unrealistic'. -
miss_anne — 13 years ago(March 12, 2013 12:53 AM)
I wore a Milwaukee brace for four years and I loved Joan Cusack's scenes in Sixteen Candles. She really nailed the part!! I wore the "unimproved" brace where the object was to pull the head up as high as possible (as opposed to the "improved" brace where the neck ring was there to hold the neck in place). Joan's ability to show how painful it is just to sit or stand was so vivid that I started having flashbacks the first time I watched this film. The scene with the drinking fountains was spot on; that's what I dealt with every day in a world before bottled drinking water was popular.
The only things that weren't true to my life were her social isolation and inability to speak coherently: I went to school with kids I grew up with and getting a brace didn't affect my relationships with them (but that was the sixties and perhaps a gentler time). But other than that Joan's portrayal was very realistic and I loved that a Milwaukee brace was featured in the film. -
screenscreams — 12 years ago(July 18, 2013 08:52 PM)
I'm not making excuses. I'm just trying to explain. This was a different time in this country. It's apparent throughout history that morals evolve. We're at a better place now in this country. Just look at it as a part of history, of the way people used to think, and what people used to think was OK.
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desrozenko — 11 years ago(April 05, 2014 02:47 PM)
The whole point of the movie is that it is NOT politically correct! It is full of stereotypes, some true and some not. That's what makes it so funny! A lot of 80's movies had that approach of poking fun at stereotypes.
Yes, the joke about violating a girl passed out is most definitely not funny. However, the way I see it is that this film was made 30 years ago. Societal behaviors about what is appropriate, and what is not, have changed and come a long way since back in the day.
John Hughes was a great filmmaker who made his movies in the time of an entirely different generation. When he died, I read how his films were aimed to deal with teen angst with humor.
Let me breathe, Let me see if my therapist is on speed dial.