
Or why I love the internet part bazillion: Crimes committed by Ferris Bueller during his day off, an ongoing investigation by MetaFilter. (Among the accumulating charges: odometer fraud, altering public records, and, of course, truancy.)
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Or why I love the internet part bazillion: Crimes committed by Ferris Bueller during his day off, an ongoing investigation by MetaFilter. (Among the accumulating charges: odometer fraud, altering public records, and, of course, truancy.)
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Just read a theory equating Ferris Bueller to Tyler Durden in Fight Club. Ferris is just an alternate persona to Cameron – he gets the girl Cameron likes, disobeys Cameron’s dad, and does all the fun things Cameron’s too uptight to do.
Attempted Odometer fraud, it was never actually accomplished.
David,
“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” is a fun film. I love the premise, “One man’s attempt to take it easy.” Brings back fond of Chicago in the 80’s
*sigh…*
I was so in love with Matthew Broderick in the mid-1980s.
One of the best scenes from Day Off is the police office scene between Jennifer Gray and Charlie Sheen:
CS: Drugs?
JG: No, I don’t want any of your drugs.
CS: I mean, are you in here for drugs?
JG: Why are you here?
CS: Drugs
I’d like to see how Ferris Bueller does with Dr. Hare’s Psychopathy Checklist:
glib and superficial charm
grandiose (exaggeratedly high) estimation of self
need for stimulation
pathological lying
cunning and manipulativeness
lack of remorse or guilt
shallow affect(superficial emotional responsiveness)
callousness and lack of empathy
parasitic lifestyle
poor behavioral controls
sexual promiscuity
early behavior problems
lack of realistic long-term goals
impulsivity
irresponsibility
failure to accept responsibility for own actions
many short-term marital relationships
juvenile delinquency
revocation of conditional release
criminal versatility
I think that Ferris may be a psychopath.
I like the comment about the Fight Club theory, in which Ferris is Cameron’s Tyler Durden (via kottke):
http://metatalk.metafilter.com/17671/Bue…
@4 – good for you…me, mmmmm, i still have a crush on sloane…what an uber fox! geez, those shorts, that attitude and dark hair. babe.