Episode 109 - Pretty in Pink

With yet another view into the creepy mind of ‘80s John Hughes,
we decided to tackle the 1986 film “Pretty in Pink.”


It stars Molly Ringwald in a flip of her “richie” role in “The
Breakfast Club,” where she is the one from the wrong side of the
tracks. She has an alcoholic, loser dad (played by Harry Dean
Stanton), and is being stalked by a duck-tailed clown named
Duckie (played by Jon Cryer). She’s also being stalked by one of
the school’s rich kids, Blane, but she’s cool with his stalking
because he’s rich.


So they start dating or something and nobody likes it for some
reason, but then they end up together. Yay. Even though, the
original ending in the script had it the other way around. You
know it’s a good movie when they have to change the ending after
test screenings.


We wonder if the characters from “Designing Women” were possibly
into sex trafficking, we discuss Tom Hanks’ rapping son, and we
wonder if the mom who abandoned this on-screen family ran off to
Mexico with the unseen dad from “E.T.”


Here’s the creepy song “Elegia” by New Order that we talk about
and play.


Also, watch the Oscar-nominated Animated Short “MORE” by Mark
Osborn that we mention. 


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