high school movies and political satire- but not in that order

while a lady i work with plays me alicia keys at 5:30 in the morning, i reflect on the cultural happenings of the week.
the winning quotation: "i feel like there was all this political satire that was potentially funny," the sad truth being that after a night at the theater (the artsy minimalist kind) our little circle of non-artsy more pragmatic types found that most of the humor was just beyond us. said another friend, "yeah, you really have to hit me over the head with it." in spite of not getting it, the play was very good, complete with cool punk theater and girl with stinky dreads sitting in front of me. seriously though, the decor in this place was fabulous.
all this followed by a lengthy conversation about high school movies and why we love them. not only the john hughes films of the 80's, but contemporary high school movies, totally irrelevant to our generation. these adolescents are much more scandolous than molly ringwald and anthony michael hall. scantily clad, misbehaving, rich, stylish teens... but we love them. we decided that love for high school flicks runs through our veins and we just can't resist.
back to the grind.