Comments on: John C. Hughes on John Hughes http://popdose.com/john-c-hughes-on-john-hughes/ your daily dose of pop culture Fri, 25 May 2012 15:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Bootleg City: Top 17 Songs of the ’90s | Popdosehttp://popdose.com/john-c-hughes-on-john-hughes/comment-page-1/#comment-34626 Bootleg City: Top 17 Songs of the ’90s | Popdose Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:31:16 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=25144#comment-34626 [...] in limbo, if you’ll pardon the expression — the untimely deaths of Michael Jackson and John Hughes in the past six weeks have put a damper on the last blast of ’80s nostalgia in this decade. [...] [...] in limbo, if you’ll pardon the expression — the untimely deaths of Michael Jackson and John Hughes in the past six weeks have put a damper on the last blast of ’80s nostalgia in this decade. [...]

]]> By: Bryant Shttp://popdose.com/john-c-hughes-on-john-hughes/comment-page-1/#comment-50841 Bryant S Sun, 09 Aug 2009 03:25:55 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=25144#comment-50841 Great article John!!! John Hughes' films touched me as a teenager because if you ever felt like an outsider there were pieces in his films that you could really relate to...and you are absolutely right the soundtracks to his films rocked--who can forget "If You Leave" from "Pretty In Pink". Great article John!!! John Hughes' films touched me as a teenager because if you ever felt like an outsider there were pieces in his films that you could really relate to…and you are absolutely right the soundtracks to his films rocked–who can forget “If You Leave” from “Pretty In Pink”.

]]> By: maxx40http://popdose.com/john-c-hughes-on-john-hughes/comment-page-1/#comment-50840 maxx40 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 02:42:22 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=25144#comment-50840 Thanks, rwcass! Great article. Thanks, rwcass! Great article.

]]> By: rwcasshttp://popdose.com/john-c-hughes-on-john-hughes/comment-page-1/#comment-50839 rwcass Sat, 08 Aug 2009 23:48:39 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=25144#comment-50839 Maxx40, have you seen this article from Slate three years ago?<br><br><a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2150156/" rel="nofollow">http://www.slate.com/id/2150156/</a><br><br>It was mentioned in A.O. Scott's article about Hughes in today's New York Times. Maxx40, have you seen this article from Slate three years ago?

http://www.slate.com/id/2150156/

It was mentioned in A.O. Scott's article about Hughes in today's New York Times.

]]> By: Bryant Shttp://popdose.com/john-c-hughes-on-john-hughes/comment-page-1/#comment-41505 Bryant S Sat, 08 Aug 2009 23:25:55 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=25144#comment-41505 Great article John!!! John Hughes' films touched me as a teenager because if you ever felt like an outsider there were pieces in his films that you could really relate to...and you are absolutely right the soundtracks to his films rocked--who can forget "If You Leave" from "Pretty In Pink". Great article John!!! John Hughes' films touched me as a teenager because if you ever felt like an outsider there were pieces in his films that you could really relate to…and you are absolutely right the soundtracks to his films rocked–who can forget “If You Leave” from “Pretty In Pink”.

]]> By: maxx40http://popdose.com/john-c-hughes-on-john-hughes/comment-page-1/#comment-41504 maxx40 Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:42:22 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=25144#comment-41504 Thanks, rwcass! Great article. Thanks, rwcass! Great article.

]]> By: Bryant Shttp://popdose.com/john-c-hughes-on-john-hughes/comment-page-1/#comment-34367 Bryant S Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:25:55 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=25144#comment-34367 Great article John!!! John Hughes' films touched me as a teenager because if you ever felt like an outsider there were pieces in his films that you could really relate to...and you are absolutely right the soundtracks to his films rocked--who can forget "If You Leave" from "Pretty In Pink". Great article John!!! John Hughes' films touched me as a teenager because if you ever felt like an outsider there were pieces in his films that you could really relate to…and you are absolutely right the soundtracks to his films rocked–who can forget “If You Leave” from “Pretty In Pink”.

]]> By: maxx40http://popdose.com/john-c-hughes-on-john-hughes/comment-page-1/#comment-34366 maxx40 Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:42:22 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=25144#comment-34366 Thanks, rwcass! Great article. Thanks, rwcass! Great article.

]]> By: rwcasshttp://popdose.com/john-c-hughes-on-john-hughes/comment-page-1/#comment-34360 rwcass Sat, 08 Aug 2009 18:48:39 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=25144#comment-34360 Maxx40, have you seen this article from Slate three years ago?<br><br><a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2150156/" rel="nofollow">http://www.slate.com/id/2150156/</a><br><br>It was mentioned in A.O. Scott's article about Hughes in today's New York Times. Maxx40, have you seen this article from Slate three years ago?

http://www.slate.com/id/2150156/

It was mentioned in A.O. Scott's article about Hughes in today's New York Times.

]]> By: maxx40http://popdose.com/john-c-hughes-on-john-hughes/comment-page-1/#comment-34353 maxx40 Sat, 08 Aug 2009 13:16:52 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=25144#comment-34353 I agree. Hughes doesn't realize that Duckie is gay, or perceived gay, yet the test audience must have. Hughes doesn't get, really, that boys like Duckie, no matter what their sexual orientation, were labeled "queer" by the jocks. Or he got it and just made it into general bullying for Hollywood. Hughes never really embraced the gender possibilities of New Wave. Nothing is more depressing than when Ally Sheedy pretties herself up for the jock in BC. Or when Annie Potts goes finally for the blandest yuppiest look when she falls in love at the end of PP. Love the soundtracks but these movies are weirdly conservative in an era of Boy George and Annie Lennox. I agree. Hughes doesn't realize that Duckie is gay, or perceived gay, yet the test audience must have. Hughes doesn't get, really, that boys like Duckie, no matter what their sexual orientation, were labeled “queer” by the jocks. Or he got it and just made it into general bullying for Hollywood. Hughes never really embraced the gender possibilities of New Wave. Nothing is more depressing than when Ally Sheedy pretties herself up for the jock in BC. Or when Annie Potts goes finally for the blandest yuppiest look when she falls in love at the end of PP. Love the soundtracks but these movies are weirdly conservative in an era of Boy George and Annie Lennox.

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