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Teen Movies Flashcards

(10 cards)

1
Q

Name three crisis’ that the United States was facing as the 1980s began?

A
  • American Hostage Crisis in Iran
  • The prime lending rate was near twenty percent & inflation was doubling
  • Unemployment was steeply on the rise
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Many Hollywood studio films of the early 1980’s demonstrated a contempt for what?

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A contempt for and suspicion of wealth, especially within the young middle class, (not yet called yuppies).

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Name one of the films mentioned in the early part of the reading that “vilified” upper-class aspirations while vindicating those of the working-class.

A

Ordinary People (1980) showcased a direct criticism of bourgeois familial repression.

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Name a director who rose to popularity with films exploring teen issues - at least those of suburban white teens. Name one of those popular 1980’s films.

A

John Hughes - Pretty In Pink

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While the studio-driven film industry was exploring issues finding teens “vulnerable to the tyranny of wealth,” it was also doing what toward its own service?

A

The industry was also exploiting the incomes of youth at box office more than ever.

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What Shakespearian work created the archetype for class-clash teen romances?

A

Romeo and Juliet.

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What “treacherous mythology” does the storyline of the film Pretty in Pink preserve?

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Pretty in Pink preserves a “treacherous mythology” that girls want guys with money and will reject ones who are worth their time.

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According to critic Roger Ebert, Heathers is a movie about what teenage issues?

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Peer pressure, teen suicide and the “deadliness” of cliques.

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Porky’s is a co-production originating from which two countries?

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Canada & the US

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According to critic Roger Ebert, director Reginald Hudlin is compared to what accomplished filmmaker who refused to relate his characters to those of white society?

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Spike Lee.

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