#Latest news with #teenmoviesWashington Post22-05-2025EntertainmentWashington PostA look at the best and worst of the teen movie genreIn a way harsh takedown of the formative 1985 teen movie 'The Breakfast Club,' New Yorker critic Pauline Kael took aim at one of the genre's most enduring tropes: the misunderstood teen. It's an article of teen movie faith that adults are what's wrong with kids, Kael pointed out. Inevitably, the protagonists are victims of parental indifference. Or abuse. Or helicoptering. (She didn't say helicoptering.)
Washington Post22-05-2025EntertainmentWashington PostA look at the best and worst of the teen movie genreIn a way harsh takedown of the formative 1985 teen movie 'The Breakfast Club,' New Yorker critic Pauline Kael took aim at one of the genre's most enduring tropes: the misunderstood teen. It's an article of teen movie faith that adults are what's wrong with kids, Kael pointed out. Inevitably, the protagonists are victims of parental indifference. Or abuse. Or helicoptering. (She didn't say helicoptering.)
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