The typical ‘80s teen movie, a genre shaped by John Hughes, had a redemptive ending—usually sealed with a kiss. Then came “Heathers,” and everything changed.
Veronica, as played by Ryder, begins the movie in clothing that apes the proportions of the Heathers’ outfits, albeit in more sombre tones, to match her pale skin and dark hair. As her character begins to pursue a life of crime under J.D.’s tutelage, she transitions to the deconstructed garb of the outlaw: turtlenecks, sunglasses, soft-shouldered jackets.
She then leaves a char-black kiss mark on Duke’s cheek, before helping herself to her scrunchie. If Hughes tended to prize a makeover moment in his movies—who could forget Ally Sheedy’s transformation from outlier weirdo to garden-variety dream girl in “The Breakfast Club”?—Veronica’s metamorphosis in “Heathers” seems to critique that impulse by turning it on its head.The thirty years since the release of “Heathers” have solidified its legacy in more ways than one. Though J.D.
The climactic scene of “Heathers” speaks to its liminal position between the eighties and the nineties. As Veronica tussles with J.D. to dismantle the bomb he plants in the school boiler room, at one point shooting off his finger, a pep rally is under way in the gymnasium above them. The uniformed, pompom-waving cheerleaders bear more than a passing resemblance to the so-called anarchy cheerleaders who would appear, two years later, in.
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