re: “Pretty in Pink” was released today in ‘86. John Hughes finest work

She was dolled up well enough in Breakfast Club, but the transformation of Ally Sheedy's character was a great flip at the end. I think it was more about status, cliques, and the perception others placed on each as to who they were supposed to be vs who they actually were.

All the kids realized they were more than what they were typecast by others.


Dear Mr. Vernon, we accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong. But we think you’re crazy for making us write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us… In the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is a brain, and an athlete, and a basket case, a princess, and a criminal… Does that answer your question?

Sincerely yours, the Breakfast Club.


Claire was a placeholder for the 'good girl' ideal. Proper, popular, being from some level of wealth but maybe not being as squeaky clean as her rep. She may not have been THE hottie of the school, but she was member of the elites, a Plastic, as it were.