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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m sad everyone is denigrating 80s movies. Because if you do that, your throwing our (sexist) music under the bus too. And if you so that, then you lose our spirit.

What I loved about the 80s is that we were scrappy and fun and a little wild.  We did outrageous things and[b] it was OKAY.[/b] [/quote]
It was acceptable back then.  It is not today, and I'm glad.  Having sex with someone who is passed out is considered rape now. It wasn't back then. [/quote]

I’m glad about that too, but I still love the 80s movies. [/quote]

I haven't watched 16 Candles in a long time but I remember liking it when I did see it - typical 80's flick. I don't really remember the movie very well tbh so I can't speak about the controversial scenes being discussed here.  But I want to point out that even back in the 80's it was NOT o.k. to have sex with or otherwise take advantage of a passed out person.

It's a movie. We knew that back then.

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i love the premise and story line of the movie, but not some of those other parts. I just re-watched some of it a few months ago maybe, including Grease, and I had similar thoughts about these movies as most people.  My 11 yr old DD wants to watch Grease, but that part at the end when Sandy becomes "cool" just doesn't sit well with me now.  I'm trying to get DD to focus on developing her brain not her looks.  I don't want her to get the message that the "cool" girl and not the shy/nerdy girl gets the boy at the end.  I'm perfectly fine with her watching it when she's older (obviously, I have no control over what she watches when she's older), but right now, she's at an impressionable age, and I'd rather she not be exposed to that kind of message.

I will say, though, that I love the soundtrack.[/quote]

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