1. "Sixteen Candles" is John Hughes’s debut. The film’s keen grasp of the girl’s mentality, the accurate restoration of the language of high school students, and Huster’s sense of humor and perfect use of music have made the film gain The double success of word of mouth and box office.
2. "Sixteen Candles" also contributed the typical images of John Hughes appearing in subsequent works-a delicate and innocent girl (or little princess), a lonely nerd who longs for attention and love, and a popular In the high school Prince Charming, the presentation of these characters is by no means superficially stereotyped, but a delicate presentation that makes the characters true and believable.
3. However, the uglification and satire of the Asian image in the film, and using it as a laughing point, is really a kind of elitist narrowness and bias; and the display of Caroline, the "dissolute girl" who contrasts with the heroine, These may also be due to the limitations of the times.
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