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The Breakfast Club<\/em>The seminal film about coming-of age from the mind John Hughes<\/strong>. It\u2019s as iconic as any \u201980s movie, but it could have been a lot grimier were it not for Molly Ringwald<\/strong>. She convinced Hughes to cut a weird scene from the movie, and it\u2019s certainly better off for it.<\/p>\n

John Hughes’ Early Work<\/h2>\n

Hughes was a humorist who wrote regularly for The Daily Beast before he became the godfather of high school movies. National Lampoon<\/em>. Among his first stories, \u201cVacation \u201858,\u201d became the basis for National Lampoon\u2019Vacation<\/em>For which he also wrote the screenplay. His writing at the Lampoon <\/em>demonstrated his skill at writing for teens\u2026and it\u2019s all aged rather poorly.<\/p>\n

Writing in the late \u201970s into the early \u201980s, Hughes\u2019 writing repeatedly included rape and hatred towards women. It\u2019s satire, sure, but it\u2019s hard to feel like the target is sexism. His co-author Ted Mann recollected<\/a>, \u201cIt wouldn\u2019t fly today and it never should have flown then. \u2026 These were degenerate cocaine days.\u201dYou can call it a product from a man still in his youth.<\/p>\n

The Strangest \u2018Breakfast Club\u2019Scene<\/h2>\n

National Lampoon\u2019s Vacation<\/em> gave way to Hughes\u2019 directorial debut: Sixteen Candles<\/em>. It was his first collaboration, and they will remain forever connected. Hughes’ 1985 year was as strong as any screenwriter has ever seen. The Breakfast Club<\/em>, European Vacation<\/em>And Weird Science<\/em>, although the latter is another movie that\u2019s Aged poorly during the #MeToo era<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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While The<\/em> Breakfast Club<\/em>Ringwald shared a story about the rape jokes and strange sexist themes that are common in this book. New Yorker<\/em> about one particularly egregious scene that didn\u2019t make it to air. Ringwald explained that there were still some National Lampoon<\/em>It was a complete sham movie.<\/p>\n

Ringwald said: \u201cIn the shooting script of The Breakfast Club<\/em>, there was a scene in which an attractive female gym teacher swam naked in the school\u2019s swimming pool as Mr. Vernon, the teacher who is in charge of the students\u2019 detention, spied on her. The scene wasn\u2019t in the first draft I read, and I lobbied John to cut it. He did, and although I\u2019m sure the actress who had been cast in the part still blames me for foiling her break, I think the film is better for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

It’s better off!<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s easy to imagine what this would have looked like: Mr. Vernon ogling a beautiful woman in a scene utterly untethered to the rest of the film. It sounds exactly like Porky\u2019s<\/em> actually. Ringwald’s assistance to Hughes in reaching the right decision was undoubtedly a great help The Breakfast Club<\/em>Age gracefully. There\u2019s nothing wrong with loving this era of Hughes. His pop culture imprint speaks for itself, but it\u2019s also important to note where people could have done better.<\/p>\n