Because as Hughes managed to subvert the genre of an American teen drama, he also couldnвЂ™t help but stick with some of the genreвЂ™s tropes, which involved some makeovers, hickeys and a budding romance. Of course, not everything about the film was earth-shatteringly original. But the film also managed to break through those walls via witty and tight writing. The main characters might cater to certain stereotypes of being a rebel, a nerd or a recluse. Being limitless and embracing all sides of life. In The Breakfast ClubвЂ™s case, it was about tackling stereotypes and breaking our own boundaries. So what was different about HughesвЂ™ films? While HughesвЂ™ films looked light at the surface, they definitely had something meaningful to say. After all, even before John HughesвЂ™ time, directors had been making films about rebellious, lost teenagers successfully (James DeanвЂ™s Rebel Without a Cause, Grease, American Graffiti, Carrie to list a few). While the end was all too predictable, it was the way the maker handled the subject matter thatвЂ™s noteworthy. Initially hesitant and wary of each other, the five teenagers - John, Claire, Andrew, Brian and Allison - in the end, find that despite their different interests and friend circles, they are not as dissimilar as they thought they were. They are ordered by their Assistant Principal Vernon (Paul Gleason) to not move around and write a 1000 word essay about who they think they are. The storyline runs thus - A group of teenagers from different cliques are thrown together in detention for a period of eight hours.

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