Love Me, Love My Mix Tape

摘要

To anyone who grew up in the past three decades, it may seem as if Hollywood had been created to serve the youth market. Movies for, about and starring teenagers are so commonplace, you might suspect the entire film industry was suffering from acne. But it was not ever thus. In fact, before the invention of the Brat Pack (and John Hughes movies) in the '80s, bankable stars under the age of 25 were few and very far between.In fact, in 1980 I collaborated on a screenplay about life on a hippie commune, circa 1970. All the major roles had to be cast with kids between 18 and 25. And at that time there was only one certified star in that category, John Travolta. (Needless to say, the movie didn't get made: an even bigger problem than the casting was the subject matter-at that moment in time, movies about the '60s were at the top of Hollywood's Must Not Do list.)