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| The Breakfast Club l-r Anthony Michael Hall, Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Ally Sheedy & Judd Nelson |
"Will you recognize me? Call my name or walk on by" Don't You Forget About Me, Simple Minds
Recently the cast of The Breakfast Club reunited for it's 40th Anniversary. The to do took place at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo on April 12th.
Needles to say this brings back many great memories for me, because "Yes" I saw it when it first came out in 1985. Thus we are going to Hump Day & Chill with the one and only Breakfast Club today, because I say so!
Since the film's release I have seen it around four times. The one thing that hit me about it upon seeing a screening of it a few years back on the rooftop of The Montalban Theater in Hollywood was how it it hasn't aged. Nothing about the movie was dated so I sat there watching ruminating as to why that is.
Bingo! Everything in it is neutral in terms of things that could date it. There was no slang used that had a specific place in time, the clothes, while representing the characters were general in style. Also there was no sign or reference to any sort of technology and what's a more neutral setting than a library?
This is why it has remained a timeless classic that is still relevant 40 years later.
Hump Day & Chill Minions!
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