80'S GRAB BAG: Risky Business (1983)

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CONTENT WARNING: Child abuse, physical abuse, mental abuse, manipulation, gaslighting, childhood trauma.

The 80’s Grab Bag continues with a truly promising premise with some very flawed execution. While this movie had the chance to be Ferris Bueller’s Day Off but with a ultra-dark twist, it winds up being a bit of a tepid rehashing of bad teen ideas. And it’s mostly to do with the awkward, overly “erotic” and ultimately unnecessary sex. It’s a shame our writer and director didn’t really know what he was doing because he’s got a cast of true up-and-coming stars and one hell of a synth-rock soundtrack. Ultimately, it all ends up falling a little flat. Put on some tighty-whiteys and crank up the Bob Seger as we talk about Risky Business this week on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?!

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Intro and outro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.

Excerpt taken from “Love on a Real Train (Risky Business)” from the soundtrack to the movie Risky Business, written and composed by Tangerine Dream. Copyright 1983 The David Geffen Company.

Excerpt taken from the movie Risky Business, copyright 1983 The Geffen Film Company; Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All rights reserved.

Excerpt taken from “The Never Ending Story” from the soundtrack to the movie The NeverEnding Story, written by Giorgio Moroder and Keith Forsey. Copyright 1984 Neue Constantin Film Productions GmbH; EMI Records, Ltd.