Premium Content Ferris Bueller.....You're My Hero.
by David McDevitt - December 17, 2002
Pick a person, real or fictional, from art, literature, history etc., and discuss how she/he has shaped culture and thought.
Ask any high school student about the John Hughes film Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and you'll find that this mid-eighties teeny bopper flick still has kids hooked. Matthew Broderick stars as Ferris, the rebellious teenager from a wealthy suburb of Chicago, who is sick and tired of the monotonous life of public education. Being a charming and handsome…
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