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From: jer@peora.UUCP (J. Eric Roskos)
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Subject: Re: The Breakfast Club (not a review, but a comment)
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Date: Fri, 26-Apr-85 09:13:37 EST
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> To me, Allison's 'makeover' was a rather negative message, as it
> seemed to signify Allison capitulating to prevalent attitude of
> her society, and giving up a bit of her freedom to be different.

You're right!  A very similar message was conveyed fairly recently by an
episode on one of those TV comedies popular this year (outside person comes
and lives with a family and teaches it all kinds of wisdom via a different
view on the world, etc.), in which a male high-school-age person meets a
female high-school-age person who he really likes, because they are both
kind of different in a nice, compatible way.  But then his (sisters, live-
in-housekeeper's children, I don't remember which) convince her to dress
differently; blango, she undergoes a major personality change on the spot,
and everyone's happy, except for the male type person, who has lost a
friend.  But the live-in-housekeeper comes to the rescue!  See, he
explains, now she's happy because she's just like everyone else, and you
can be happy too if you quit associating with people who are wierdos.  The
moral of the story?  Well, I guess: it's better to be one of the crowd than
to base relationships on your individual attributes.

I guess it's just part of the new philosophy of the '80's...
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