[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Boomers and (early) Gen-X actually DID ditch school and go joy-riding in Dad’s car.

(late) Gen-X thought about it but decided it was easier to watch a movie about it.

[Beowulf9]

That is one of the few things real in these films.

[healy61]

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

[Joe 6-pack]

I'm an early Gen-Xer and was 16 when "Breakfast Club," came out, so it was basically targeted at people my age. Say what you will about Hughes and his films, but with regard to that movie in particular:

-As each of the characters were introduced in the film, the vast majority of us were thinking, "That reminds me exactly of... (name of kid in our high school)"

-As the story unfolded, virtually every high school age kid who saw the movie saw something of themselves in one or more of the characters."

-Some, by no means all, of the kids who saw that film grew at least a little appreciation for others they normally wouldn't associate with in school.

The thing about "Breakfast Club" is that it points out that our teen years are a pivotal time, probably the first part of our lives when we have something resembling a "backstory," and while that backstory may put us on a path that can determine the trajectory our lives are going to take, we are still young enough that it doesn't necessarily have to be that way.

[AFreeBird]

I’ll second that and we were smoking and drinking beer too. The horror 🧟‍♂️