KnockBack, Episode 211: Sixteen Candles
Added 2022-02-21 17:01:03 +0000 UTCWe love John Hughes here on KnockBack. The (sadly deceased) American filmmaker and writer is perhaps best-known for his work on the likes of Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller, and Home Alone. But before he got to any of those films -- and the rest of his legion of '80s masterpieces -- he undertook Sixteen Candles, which also happens to be his directorial debut after a series of writing gigs, including with National Lampoons. Starring Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall, two staples of his actor stable, Sixteen Candles is a surreal, funny, and emotional movie about a 16-year old girl whose family forgets her big day... and all that happens thereafter. However, there's a lot of weird stuff in this film, too: Implied sexual assault, casual racism, and more. All told, just where does Sixteen Candles fit in the Hughes Pantheon? Good and bad alike: Let's discuss.
Comments
They were the worst, in hindsight.
Colin Moriarty
2022-02-25 18:41:11 +0000 UTCDamn Col, I haven’t thought about that chirp phone thing in forever. I don’t even know if I saw one in person but I’d hear them everywhere and the commercials were always on too. 😄
NeO JD
2022-02-25 18:28:14 +0000 UTCThat's what I'm trying to tell him.
Colin Moriarty
2022-02-23 16:35:19 +0000 UTCDagan trying to be the next news article about physical altercations at Target over Pokémon cards 😂 Target & Pokemon have like a 2 year history of drama now. They stopped selling them in store for a while, over the manbabies & scalpers with their scales.
Kenneth Koepnick
2022-02-23 14:41:17 +0000 UTCThanks for listening!
Colin Moriarty
2022-02-22 19:53:19 +0000 UTCWow. That Nextel comment threw me all the way back to high school. Great show guys!
Andrew Morgan
2022-02-22 19:34:01 +0000 UTCThank you!
Colin Moriarty
2022-02-22 17:28:48 +0000 UTCIn the late 90s Back when I lived in Puerto Rico my dad would fly to Florida to go to the VA as the quality of care was better. Whenever he would come back and we’d pick him up at the airport he would always bring back a shit ton of booster packs of Pokémon cards. I’m more of a magic the gathering fan nowadays, the art work and world is just some dope ass sword and sorcery shit that I like. Anyways, good luck with the pool Col, we all want to see the finished product!
Kenneth Oms
2022-02-21 20:02:27 +0000 UTCCertainly not.
Colin Moriarty
2022-02-21 17:44:23 +0000 UTCthat woman absolutely did NOT want dagan catching ‘em all
Jacob
2022-02-21 17:19:06 +0000 UTC
