Oh, that Molly Ringwald was *hot*

Rich & I saw Sixteen Candles last night. Despite both being children of the 80's (ok, so Rich was in Soviet Ukraine for most of the 80's, but anyway...), neither of us had seen the movie before.

Its a lovely little piece of retro fluff, complete with all the trappings of a teen movie -- 80's style. I think I like it better than Breakfast Club even. I particularly liked the presence of not just John, but also Joan Cusack. Man, they played good dorks. The whole cool kid telling the geek to take his girlfriend and have sex with her while she's too drunk to notice wasn't particularly cool. I mean, I know it was the 80's and all, but come on.

I was also puzzled by the repeated usage of the term 'bohunk,' generally preceded by 'greasy.' Rich and I took guesses as to what exactly was meant by that. I thought it was an ethnic slur. And I was right:

Bohunk
(U.S.) a person from east-central Europe, especially a laborer, compound of Bo(hemian) + Hung(arian). Term has been in use since the 1890s.

Thank goodness for Wikipedia!