Thursday, July 24, 2008

I'm having an issue with that back to school clothing TV commercial that thinks it's like The Breakfast Club.

First of all, nothing is like The Breakfast Club. It was the first time I realized a movie could show the way things ought to be. The way they could be if we were all brave enough and wanted to change the world we were a part of. Everyone could relate to a part of one or more of those characters. Everyone knew someone like nearly everyone in that movie.

Everyone tried too hard to earn their parents' trust and approval. Some of us tried too hard to get good grades and do the right thing all the time. Others tried too hard to be bad.

I hear that cheap knock off of the theme song by Tears for Fears. I see young students mimicking different scenes in the movie in that same school set. I realize teenagers today have a whole new set of things to contend with that I did not.

It's still not right. Find your own theme song, dammit.