Ferris Bueller’s Day Off: Deep Thoughts About Real Consequences When Pop Culture Golden Boys Get Away with Murder

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Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and listen to a podcast once in a while, you might just miss it.

This week, Tracie shares her deep thoughts about the 1986 pop culture touchstone, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off–and unfortunately the results are not as charming as Matthew Broderick’s smile. Not only does the comedy storytelling unfairly make Jeannie out to be a villain simply because she is tired of Ferris getting away with murder, but the Guy sisters can draw a straight line between the beloved portrayal of a wealthy, confident, and privileged teen boy who faces no consequences…and Brock Turner. 

Although Ferris’s antics hit different nearly 40 years later, the character of Cameron is just as compelling as we remember him, and a queer reading of Alan Ruck’s hilarious and poignant performance of the neglected best friend (and possible true protagonist) adds some nuance and subtle psychology to a film that never claimed to be deep.

Be a righteous dude and listen in!

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We are Tracie Guy-Decker and Emily Guy Birken, known to our family as the Guy Girls.

We have super-serious day jobs. For the bona fides, visit our individual websites: tracieguydecker.com and emilyguybirken.com

We're hella smart and completely unashamed of our overthinking prowess. We love movies and tv, science fiction, comedy, and murder mysteries, good storytelling with lots of dramatic irony, and analyzing pop culture for gender dynamics, psychology, sociology, and whatever else we find.