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...seems in retrospect. The film is packed with the special pains of the age--embarassing crushes, parents who never fail to miss the point, and a perpetual crisis of self-confidence Sixteen Candles is also filled with the familiar cast of characters, however, Hughes explores the stereotypical "geek," "studly guy" and "awkward freshman" with little of the predictability that characterizes most films about adolescence. Hughes instead captures these awkward years with a rare blend of seriousness and humor...
...enough, for example, that Angel (alias Molly Stuart), looks forlorn when riding the school bus to her prep school because she's excluded from the cheerleader clique. And its also pretty bad when she tells the school geek who asks her out that her parents think she's too young to date. But when her college counselor calls her in and tells her "There's more to high school than getting straight A's,"we've had about all we can endure...
...Beulah, Morgana, China Grove) and residents who meet unhappy as well as amusing fates. People are murdered, crushed by falling trees; some drink too much, some go crazy. Those who think of Welty as a gentle, "safe" Southern writer may be surprised to find an early story about a geek, a consumer of live chickens for a traveling circus...
...forbid these poor suckers should get bombed on their last night of freedom. Well, this situation inspired me to do what I felt was my patriotic duty. Over the next six hours I bought somewhere between 40 and 50 cans of beer (with collected funds, of course). The geek behind the counter loved it. I told him I was the human keg. The M.P. knew, though, but didn't do anything about it. As long as I bought the brew, they could drink it. Uncle Sam moves in mysterious ways...
...York Times, ya geek. Who let you in here? Where's your bursar's card...