how did such a random concept become such a kino movie
>>220885173I couldn't forget this little minx
>>220885173Style.
I think it captured the feeling of nihilism and hopelessness among older GenXers at the inexplicable changes happening in the world at the time. The MC's parents being ex-hippies who became devout christians is a good example of how the world at the time was changing. Everyone thought they were going to get nuked by Russia and the US government and other authority figures were obsessed with 'moral majority' bullshit.
>>220885381sounds alot like the boomers got to do whatever the fuck they wanted to do and be crazy and do fun stuff and then once it was gen x time to be young adults all the fun stuff was swapped out by a nannystate
>>220885330fuck that
>get that cock out white boy
>>220885173He read the works of William S Burroughs and the film was obvious
>>220886235wasn't nearly gay enough for that to be the case
>>220885417the vast majority of boomers were in their 30s in the 80s, they didn't control anything. boomer consolidation of society didn't happen until the 90s; Clinton was the first boomer president, and it was seen as a major changing of the guard because of it. there were worries that, because he hadn't lived through WW2, he would be unfit for leading a major military power.
>>220887115and in fact, he was the first president since Hoover to not have any military background at all
