Popular filmmaker John Hughes passed away today at age 59 from a heart attack while out for a morning stroll. Hughes had been absent from the film industry for a decade or more, but for a short span in the 80s, he was the king of teen films. He managed to capture a youth culture, despite being in his 30s, as if he had intimate knowledge of everything the average teen was going through in that period. Most of his successes came when I was too young to even know what a movie was, and most of my early exposure to them came through repetitive airings on TV. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: August 2009
What he means to me…
There are many people out there who don’t understand what the big deal is about Michael Jackson. Some acknowledge his talent, his philanthropy, and his influence on entertainment over the years, but miss the point by labeling him (singer, dancer, entertainer, etc…). Some can’t comprehend his importance because he wasn’t part of their lives, and are merely frustrated with the seemingly “excessive” coverage of his death. And some, the disgusting, vulgar, and relentlessly stupid but highly vocal few, find it fun or even the right thing to do to degrade and spit on a good man with lies and hatred, and label all those who love him as messed up, gay, or psychotic. So in the face of all those who just don’t understand, I submit this, so that it might help you see how much a part of me he is. Continue reading