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National Lampoon's Vacation: Everything You Didn't Know

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The American Man in Media

I see so much of my dad in Clark. And sadly, I have become the exact same way. It's about wanting to maximize fun and having the best time possible,. But it just makes us come across as control freaks. As is the root of the American man in media. Yes, to quote John Hughes writing in the Breakfast Club, we all become our parents. ItJust happens. Anyway, speaking of John Hughes truly peerless writing, he had this to say about what drew him to the themes of vacation: "There were no gnawing insects beneath the grass, only dirt"

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