"What about prom, Blaine? WHAT ABOUT PROM!?"
This post was just going to be about how annoying it is that the definite article ("the") is left out of the sentences above. Why isn't it "the prom"? Is it like Christmas? It comes yearly so you don't need to qualify it? To me, it sounds wrong. So stop it.
But in remembering "Pretty in Pink", I'm recalling how irritating that movie is:
1. Blaine is a loser who always looks like he's going to cry. What's the appeal? Oh right - he's rich.
2. Ducky is clearly gay and therefore Andie is right not to waste her time helping him discover this. Let some other gal live with the trauma of thinking she turned her boyfriend gay.
3. Still, though, Ducky and Andie should have gotten together at the end. Like we're supposed to believe this random chick at "prom" was all turned on by his pompadour, BOLO TIE and spats? Come on.
4. Pretty sure it's a basic rule of fashion that redheads should generally avoid pink. And for good reason.
5. Speaking of, wtf was up with that prom dress? Annie Potts looked way hotter in the original version of the frock, which Andie then hacks up into that polka-dotted mess that's shaped like an inverted triangle, topped off with pink lace. Are you for real with that thing?
6. On the subject of Annie Potts: way to totally give up your individuality so you can date some chump who owns a pet store. Trading in your various wigs and awesome vintage clothes for a freakin' blazer with 9 foot wide shoulder pads? Ugh.
7. Andie's dad = totally annoying. Get a job.
The only things I like about this movie: Andie's car and James Spader.
When I first saw this, I was so ready to get all righteously indignant with my "WHAT ABOUT JAMES SPADER?" rant. In real life, Andie would have hooked up with Stef, and he would have either told the whole school, making her life miserable or never even looked in her direction ever again.
ReplyDeleteBut Blaine? He sucks.
first i have to say i hate the dropping of "THE" when referring to the prom...when did this start and how do i make it stop?
ReplyDeletesecond, blaine is not even good looking where is the attraction? you did mention rich, but i'm hoping that andie has higher standards
I was in HS from '84-'88, and this movie, as much as I hate it, is pretty accurate, if only in a very distilled pop-culture way.
ReplyDeleteSensitive Femme guys were popular, see Robert Smith, Johnny Depp. Plus some kid from HS who shall remain nameless.
Artsy outsider girls commonly hacked up their prom dresses, see Jenny Peters and Irene Asta, among others (girls from HS whom you will never meet). Molly freaking Ringwald was their idol, no joke. They dressed like gypsies. Their prom dresses were pretty much...well, pretty, in pink.
Groannn...where did I go wrong in life?