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Deep Thoughts about The Breakfast Club
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Don’t you…forget about misogyny…Don’t Don’t Don’t Don’t!
On today’s episode of Deep Thoughts, Tracie takes another look at the 1985 John Hughes film The Breakfast Club. Though this classic Gen X teen movie passes the Bechdel test and explicitly names the prude-or-slut trap of female sexuality, it also treats Claire and Allison like prizes for the boys in the film and assures the audience that we’re not so different from each other–by featuring a cast that is entirely white, cishet, thin, and able-bodied.
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CW: Discussion of on-screen sexual harassment, evidence of physical abuse, and suicidal ideation.
Our theme music is "Professor Umlaut" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Chapters
1. Analyzing the Breakfast Club (00:00:00)
2. Sexuality and Gender in 'The Breakfast Club (00:11:58)
3. Breakfast Club Themes and Critiques (00:27:28)
4. Bullying in Girl Scouts (00:42:09)
5. The Breakfast Club Themes and Characters (00:50:40)
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