John Hughes was you know our prophet even though there are any spaceships and
even though there are any spaceships and
even though there are any spaceships and wookiees and I’m part of the reason I do
wookiees and I’m part of the reason I do
wookiees and I’m part of the reason I do what I do today it’s because John hears
what I do today it’s because John hears
what I do today it’s because John hears those movies pretty-in-pink sixteen
those movies pretty-in-pink sixteen
those movies pretty-in-pink sixteen Candles The Breakfast Club they have a
Candles The Breakfast Club they have a
Candles The Breakfast Club they have a lot of the pleasures and a lot of the
lot of the pleasures and a lot of the
lot of the pleasures and a lot of the sincere emotions of great old Hollywood
sincere emotions of great old Hollywood
sincere emotions of great old Hollywood romances but they’re set in the world of
romances but they’re set in the world of
romances but they’re set in the world of the suburban American high school and
the suburban American high school and
the suburban American high school and you know instead of Betty Davis there’s
you know instead of Betty Davis there’s
you know instead of Betty Davis there’s there’s Molly Ringwald it’s one of the
there’s Molly Ringwald it’s one of the
there’s Molly Ringwald it’s one of the best scripts that I think I’ve ever read
best scripts that I think I’ve ever read
best scripts that I think I’ve ever read he didn’t talk down to kids
he didn’t talk down to kids
he didn’t talk down to kids he gave a voice to a generation to
he gave a voice to a generation to
he gave a voice to a generation to teenagers that was intelligent but still
teenagers that was intelligent but still
teenagers that was intelligent but still sounded like the age that we were and
sounded like the age that we were and
sounded like the age that we were and you got your heart dies who cares I
you got your heart dies who cares I
you got your heart dies who cares I can’t when you were 15 14 13 feeling
can’t when you were 15 14 13 feeling
can’t when you were 15 14 13 feeling completely adrift feeling unable to make
completely adrift feeling unable to make
completely adrift feeling unable to make connections the idea that you can be the
connections the idea that you can be the
connections the idea that you can be the skinny little nerd and you can talk to
skinny little nerd and you can talk to
skinny little nerd and you can talk to the cute redhead a dream girl and she
the cute redhead a dream girl and she
the cute redhead a dream girl and she won’t look at you with scorn of course
won’t look at you with scorn of course
won’t look at you with scorn of course that’s empowering of course that’s
that’s empowering of course that’s
that’s empowering of course that’s exciting I think every girl felt like
exciting I think every girl felt like
exciting I think every girl felt like Molly Ringwald wasn’t like I looked at
Molly Ringwald wasn’t like I looked at
Molly Ringwald wasn’t like I looked at her and went oh she looks like me but
her and went oh she looks like me but
her and went oh she looks like me but there was on a grander level I think I
there was on a grander level I think I
there was on a grander level I think I felt like oh I could be her
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