Someone Else's Movie

David Pevsner on Sixteen Candles

Episode Summary

To celebrate the publication of his memoir Damn Shame, actor and activist David Pevsner is here to talk about John Hughes' landmark 1984 comedy Sixteen Candles, a problematic fave if ever there was one. Your genial host Norm Wilner has some notes.

Episode Notes

To celebrate the publication of his book Damn Shame: A Memoir of Desire, Defiance and Show Tunes, actor and activist David Pevsner (Naked Boys Singing, Criminal Minds, Modern Family, Gray's Anatomy) is here to talk about his love for John Hughes' landmark 1984 comedy Sixteen Candles ... a problematic fave if ever there was one. Your genial host Norm Wilner has some notes.