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Don’t You Forget About Us: ‘The Breakfast Club’s Generation X is Eternally Relevant
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Don’t You Forget About Us: ‘The Breakfast Club’s Generation X is Eternally Relevant

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Lorraine Zago Rosenthal
/ 6 February 2018

Teenage angst about being alive but unnoticed, perfectly captured by Simple Minds' song, permeates the pre-social media era of The Breakfast Club.

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A Bunch of Blu 3

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Bill Gibron
/ 16 August 2010
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You Couldn’t Ignore Me If You Tried, by Susannah Gora

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Kirby Fields
/ 22 March 2010
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“No Dad, What About You?!”: The John Hughes Generation Conflict

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Michael Brett
/ 13 August 2009
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New Gold Dream Fades: The Rise and Fall of Simple Minds

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Matt White
/ 20 February 2009

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