{"product_id":"you-couldnt-ignore-me-if-you-tried-the-brat-pack-john-hughes-and-their-impact-on-a-generation-paperback","title":"You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusannah Gora\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou can quote lines from \u003ci\u003eSixteen Candles \u003c\/i\u003e(\"Last night at the dancemy little brother paid a buck to see your underwear\"), your iPod playlist includes more than one song by the Psychedelic Furs and Simple Minds, you watch \u003ci\u003eThe Breakfast Club \u003c\/i\u003eevery time it comes on cable, and you still wish that Andie had ended up with Duckie in \u003ci\u003ePretty in Pink\u003c\/i\u003e. You're a bonafide Brat Pack devotee--and you're not alone. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe films of the Brat Pack--from \u003ci\u003eSixteen Candles \u003c\/i\u003eto \u003ci\u003eSay Anything\u003c\/i\u003e--are some of the most watched, bestselling DVDs of all time. The landscape that the Brat Packmemorialized--where outcasts and prom queens fall in love, preppies and burn-outs become buds, and frosted lip gloss, skinny ties, and exuberant optimism made us feel invincible--is rich with cultural themes and significance, and has influenced an entire generation who still believe that life always turns out the way it is supposed to.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried \u003c\/i\u003etakes us back to that era, interviewing key players, such as Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, Andrew McCarthy, and John Cusack, and mines all the material from the movies to the music to the way the films were made to show how they helped shape our visions for romance, friendship, society, and success.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSUSANNAH GORA \u003c\/b\u003eis a filmjournalistwho haswritten for \u003ci\u003eVariety \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eElle \u003c\/i\u003eandwas an editor at \u003ci\u003ePremiere\u003c\/i\u003emagazine. She appears regularly\u003cbr\u003eon networks like VH1, NBC, and E! to discuss entertainment news and pop culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.83 x 7.95 x 5.33 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 22, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42117296554064,"sku":"9780307716606","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/c0RlcUlOR205STRLQTV4aG5scjIyZz09.webp?v=1772905735","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/you-couldnt-ignore-me-if-you-tried-the-brat-pack-john-hughes-and-their-impact-on-a-generation-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}