John Hughes got it.
That's the reaction from CNN's iReport contributors and blog commenters, not to mention the performers who appeared in the writer-director's films.
"He made teenagers real and brought us out of the 'yes man' era into an era where we had voices and dreams, ideas and conviction -- even if we weren't sure about what," wrote L. Jay Houston on CNN.com's The Marquee blog. 
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