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In the 1980s, one of the most recognizable producer and director was John Hughes. His portrayal of teens during this decade is popularly known the such films as The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, and Ferris Buller’s Day Off. In The Breakfast Club, he depicts teenagers in a way that “…conveyed some feeling for the social tensions and frustrations created by high school clique and lifestyle divisions — nerds, jocks, preppies, druggies, and valley girls. Sometimes even class barriers are alluded…” (Quart 158). The high school cliques were most evidently portrayed in The Breakfast Club and Fast Times at Ridgemont High. In The Breakfast Club, we see five extremely different students, all with different expectations, popularity, and reputations.
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