LESSONS ON MASCULINITY GLEANED FROM 'PRETTY IN PINK'

Nobody smile! It's rough being a 25-year old pretending to be an 18-year old...

In this video, I dissect the movie considered by many to be the "jewel" of the John Hughes 80s high school movie canon, "Pretty In Pink."


Specifically, I devote some attention to the ending the movie was SUPPOSED to have, before test-group marketing of teenage girls and young women necessitated a radically different denouement.