Molly Ringwald | What About "The Breakfast Club"? Revisiting the Movies of My Youth in the Age of #MeToo.




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Actor Molly Ringwald. (photo: Universal Pictures)
Molly Ringwald, The New Yorker
Ringwald writes: "What's more, as I can see now, Bender sexually harasses Claire throughout the film. When he's not sexualizing her, he takes out his rage on her with vicious contempt, calling her 'pathetic,' mocking her as 'Queenie.' It's rejection that inspires his vitriol."
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