80's teen comedies are very much of their time, which I think is okay. We can still appreciate them for what they were while recognizing those things you note and reflecting on what that means. I sketched out some notes on a possible essay contrasting the John Hughes films with "The Kissing Booth" film series (I haven't read those books …
80's teen comedies are very much of their time, which I think is okay. We can still appreciate them for what they were while recognizing those things you note and reflecting on what that means. I sketched out some notes on a possible essay contrasting the John Hughes films with "The Kissing Booth" film series (I haven't read those books the movies are based on) and how young people feeling freer to just go ahead and have sex changes the valence of how relationships are dramatized. Taking the "achievement" of sex off the table as something worthy of dramatic tension seems liberating in terms of being able to tell a more interesting story.
80's teen comedies are very much of their time, which I think is okay. We can still appreciate them for what they were while recognizing those things you note and reflecting on what that means. I sketched out some notes on a possible essay contrasting the John Hughes films with "The Kissing Booth" film series (I haven't read those books the movies are based on) and how young people feeling freer to just go ahead and have sex changes the valence of how relationships are dramatized. Taking the "achievement" of sex off the table as something worthy of dramatic tension seems liberating in terms of being able to tell a more interesting story.