R.I.P. John Hughes, Pants-Down Republican
Ben Stein on John Hughes’s potrayal of the American teenager:
No one had ever thought to note that along with James Dean’s sulky self-obsession might also come a shriek of happiness at just being alive. John Hughes — Republican — saw that potential, saw that the individual still had the ability to transcend whatever was weighing him or her down and come out leading a parade down Michigan Avenue.
