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John Hughes

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A filmmaker whose movies are referenced as representing the privileged upbringing of millennials who are now experiencing downward mobility.

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"We grew up like we were in a John Hughes movie, with every advantage, and now we're all fucked unless we're willing to move to Alabama or something."
Everyone in my mid to late 30s peer group is downwardly mobile · u/Improvement_Holiday · ↑655 · 2025-07-31
"In the 80s there was John Hughes and Heathers and Fast Times. In the 90s there was American Pie and Clueless and Scream. In the 2000s there was Mean Girls and Easy A and Superbad."
What the Zoomers are really missing: high school movies · u/jrc727 · ↑429 · 2023-06-09
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