[…] Back in the neon, big hair MTV era of the 1980s, many of the female coming-of-age movie roles were unfortunately relegated to topless teen obsessions in raunchy Rated-R romps. But screenwriter/director/producer John Hughes, the Principal of Three-Dimensional High Schoolers, gave Molly Ringwald, The Radiant Ruby Red Valedictorian of Teen Princesses, her big breakthrough role in Sixteen Candles. Hollywood’s cameras finally traveled beyond the …read more […]