The Breakfast Club -- What Makes This Movie Great? (Episode 100)

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The Breakfast Club, directed by John Hughes, stars the bratpack crew of Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, and Anthony Michael Hall.
This video discusses the movie's surprising genre choices, plus how the movie uses artwork to discuss education and formation of young people.
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[@newbeeify]

I saw this movie for the first time yesterday. It was released even before I was born but the movie was actually so refreshing. I absolutely loved it.... Aside from few aspects it is totally holds up well even after almost 40 years.

[@LearningaboutMovies]

thank you.

[@pacman071]

@@LearningaboutMovies Thanks for posting this. I've recently watched it so many times that I can't count. Breakfast Club is a classic, and it would never happen today because the kids would just be looking at their phones lol

[@ryanmccurdy9423]

This is a movie I need to come back too. I’ve missed smaller films that are about people and everyday woes vs. saving the world kind of stakes. I remember watching this in High school for a health class. I wonder if it’ll have the same impact now?

[@LearningaboutMovies]

curious how you watched an anti-high-school movie in high school.

[@ryanmccurdy9423]

@@LearningaboutMovies it was a TV edited version. I think the teacher was showing it because it was going against Highschool not as ‘the institution’ but the whole cliche idea. “Emotional / Social Health”

[@randycampano7498]

I was in highschool in 85' and I could definitely relate to these 5 characters in real time. One of the best movies ever made 🎬 ❤ John Hughes was a genius !

[@oskar_oskarewicz]

7:42 Jesus, I haven't noticed that before in the movie, that's bit depressing, but so true. Maybe not literally, but how many of us thougth we were kings of the world, that we could do and achive anything, and then realised that this bizzare world designed by incopetent adults is very often such a messed up place.

[@LearningaboutMovies]

Would the sequel have the misfit become principal of the school? Probably we have our answer with "Cobra Kai." The kids grow up to be the adults who inherit the adult world, forever and ever.

[@oskar_oskarewicz]

@@LearningaboutMovies Haven't seen the series so it's hard to tell :) But I wouldn't mind the sequel to Breakfast Club. Actually it is suprising no one made it yet, this would be the best time for that with this whole nostalgia driven legacy reboots. If done right and with care it could work. I think some of the reboots are good, at least within horror genre. They are often films done by fans for fans, with respect. New Halloweens, or Scream 2022. I really liked them.

[@mattslupek7988]

@@oskar_oskarewicz I could handle a sequel, but not a remake.

[@lpr5269]

It really doesn't make sense unless he got busted for drugs or something and that's the only job he can get because of his police record.

[@darnellmajor9016]

What makes this movie work for me is how it sets you up to immediately fall in love with the characters as if you knew them for years. Even the Chicago setting of the movie treats you as if you belong in that world. It's literally like the ''Nirvana'' of movies or least on that level in which I'm referencing the band.

[@fight8the8feeling8]

People nowadays need to rewatch this beautiful film, sure the writing is outdated and very shallow, but the topics that they dive into are deep, the characters have intricate ideologies that shouldn’t blend at all, says a lot about todays society. Unity is the perfect word.

[@STONESGAM]

The writing is very shallow? Lol. Compared to what the intricate Marvel films of today that are all noise and CGI? Or films that have been remade 10 times already.

[@aryastargirl5593]

This is my favourite movie ever anx the first time i discovered it i watched it over and over for a month. What makes it so brilliant is hos the characters are set up for you to love, laugh at, make you think, identify with at least one and just see these different ppl connect and interact with each other in this rare setting when you know outside normally they never would. I also love catching different details in something s character does and it sparks a theory on their background or feelings.

[@Bottle_O_Glue]

for those wondering, as a kid who's just nearing the end of freshman year, this film still resonates with children today. the writing is still impeccable, so damn good it's timeless (with the exception of a couple lines and scenes, of course; it was the 80s, after all) I watched it for the first time last week, and I have seen it several times since then. there are few films I consider to be on a similar level to this one in terms of writing alone, because writing can't be much better than brilliant oh, and I did notice that at the end of the film, the frame puts the sculpture (which you mentioned to be a symbol for the kids) above Vernon, which symbolizes the children becoming a bigger person than Vernon

[@calvinnigh5489]

This is nuts. I’ve been on a John Hughes binge for the last week or so. So coincidental

[@LearningaboutMovies]

excellent!

[@benjaminthomas5617]

I'm 17 and I heard of this movie from pitch perfect actually and on checking up saw that it was a really great one. I don't know how after watching it that I felt really good while at the same time confused. This analysis helped me clear that confusion, and just wow this is a great movie 😃

[@LearningaboutMovies]

thank you. I hadn't realized this is in Pitch Perfect. Do the characters say they like this movie?

[@benjaminthomas5617]

@@LearningaboutMovies Kind of the main character ( Anna Kendrick) and the male protagonist ig speak to each other about movies when she says she doesn't watch much as most of it is predictable and boring so the guy tells her to watch the breakfast club something like that

[@vicm1533]

That’s also how I got here lol loved the movie

[@vicm1533]

Reminded me of freaks and geeks

[@benjaminthomas5617]

@@vicm1533 I'll add it to my watchlist 😌

[@MisfitJetta-du8rg]

I’m 18 and I just watched it. It’s insane because if this happened when I was in high school, some people in that detention room would be dead or worse.

[@RobMedellin]

What? I think staff can't be as strict today as they were before.

[@abarbienamedken3334]

​@@RobMedellin I don't think they just mean staff. One, there are now cameras in even the cheapest of schools watching everything. Drug dogs every so often and cops posted in the building at all times during school hours. Plus if someone brought a flair gun to school? They'd be arrested, not just get detention. They'd be caught for smoking weed so quick and at least one of their parents would beat the shit out of them for it. Maybe not stricter, but definitely would've gotten a higher sentence and/or been unable to get away with half the stuff they do.

[@hotrodjones74]

There's no prison worse than one in your mind. ~Viktor Tsoi Soviet underground post punk rocker (1962-1990). I think the characters learned to escape the prisons in their minds. There's something special to this movie. I think that high school is a collective trauma we all share. The whole time the Vice principal is trying to bully Bender and change him from without (from the outside), when real change comes from within.

[@thepaleprinceofruins9203]

Very good video on the film, one of my favorites regarding it on YT! What I find to be the most valuable thing about this film is that it still showcases how marginalized and ignored the issues teenagers have and face today are, how nobody cares because most people just have a pull your bootstraps-like attitude towards it, which to me is clearly visible in the film and gives the group a distorted picture of reality, especially Allison who thinks her soul is gonna die when she gets older. I think it explored that really well by pulling a group of high-school stereotypes that are inherently hostile to one another and it showed how deep down they all face nearly the same problems - such as alienation, bad home situations and uncaring parents, the need to be loved, accepted for who you are, the social pressure forced upon them, etc. And the added metaphor of school being seen as a prison by these teens also has a thematic purpose since we can clearly see how a teacher like Vernon is broken himself and is lashing out on the teens, abusing his power and position and failing to adress why they ended in detention, what a "problematic" teen like Bender is dealing with and why he's behaving in such a care-free, nihilistic "I'm so cool for not giving a fuck" way and why that all is just a defensive mechanism and a mask to hide the hurt underneath.

[@papineaucharles1509]

Ferris bueler's day off is also a huge classic.

[@jamesburke4358]

This was quite a filmmaking feat at the time - an all talking teen movie. I think the success of "My Dinner With Andre" opened the door for this film. Finally visited the "School" in Des Plaines, IL this year which is a State Police/Illinois Lottery building which is in rough shape - looks like they were preparing to update it. From many angles it looked exactly the same.

[@NFSMAN50]

It's a very timeless movie, that was very ahead of it's time. Great acting, simple skit, and the group therapy session was waayyy ahead of it's time, especially during the era, when mental health issues weren't truly discussed. Each character had their own mental issues and trauma. Claire feels the need to keep an image, and parents buy her love. Andrew feels like he needs to live up to his old man, and feels like he falls short to him. Brian is plagued with perfectionism, and has to maintain a perfect image to his family. Bender has all sorts of trauma from an abusive household, and goes to Saturday detention on purpose because it is his safe place away from home. Alison feels neglected and ignored, and goes to Saturday detention to get away from her house and family. Bender is not harsh towards Allison and even Brian to an lesser extent, because in school, they are the outsiders. Claire and Andrew are at the top of the food chain, the popular kids, the elite class; so Bender picks on those two the hardest.

[@Jaylobeans]

Just watched this yesterday, one of my favorite 80s movies ever & a imitate classic

[@Tyler_W]

I finally just saw this movie (and sadly haven't seen all of the films it's referencing), but it was great. Not that I expected to dislike it, but I'm surprised how much I enjoyed it. I feel like this is a movie every kid and young adult today needs to see. Tons of people in their teens and twenties are absolutely obsessed with their self-identified labels. Granted, it's not the same categories as they were back then, but it's still a big deal, and social media only feeds into this mentality. Everybody would do well to either learn or remember that we and our identity are more than our labels. It's not like none of them matter at all, but they shouldn't be the be-all, end-all of what defines us. It's almost like we're individuals or something. The whole "overcoming the suppression of the human spirit" vibe in the way that they bring life and energy to a dour, cold, and restrictive environment kinda reminds me of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

[@Logan_Irrelevant]

As someone who started High School this year, this is still the best depiction of High Schoolers I have ever seen. Saw this film for the first time a couple of days ago and I still can’t get it out of my head. Just so brutally beautiful man.

[@williamthomas1]

Go check out the scenes that were cut from the film. Good Luck in HS!

[@BINSNEWS]

I saw the film when I was in 6th Grade. I'm now in my late 40's (Gen. X). I can see what U are saying. Great points & great video. The film has a lot to say re to control & how it can ruin us. Which goes back to your major premise.

[@g.private9101]

my favorite film of all time

[@donaldsachse4817]

The movie was real good because of the great song " Don't you forget about me " by Simple Minds a perfect #1 song for this movie. GREAT SONG!! REAL GOOD MOVIE!

[@talkingstraightwithnate]

4:06 I was sure that at this point you would have shown that part of Allyson throwing the Bologna that stuck to the sculpture. I forgot about it until now, but I did something similar at my school with cheese bc of this lol.

[@EvstersYT]

Great video! I just watched this movie and it made me sad because it reminded me how little support teenagers have. I wanted to help them.

[@LearningaboutMovies]

thank you.

[@144Donn]

I had known & heard about the movie since 1985. I had no idea what it was about, I was expecting a movie like Ferris Bueller. Wow was I surprised and delighted. Very intense and took me back to HS days. Great movie!

[@mfar3016]

Good video! I’d have taken the statue as a faceless, nameless entity, with no arms, kind of how the students feel, like they’re not seen as anything but students (as opposed to individuals) with little control of their lives.

[@alanwatson4249]

Great analysis and comment. The statue reminds me of the statue of liberty. Seen Malle's 'Au Revoir Les Enfants?' Keep it up, good stuff.

[@LearningaboutMovies]

thank you. yes, that one is up for review on this channel at some point.

[@killyourtelevision999]

A very scholarly review. Thank you.

[@LearningaboutMovies]

you're welcome.

[@gusruas9164]

congratulations on your videos! Strong hug from Brazil.

[@LearningaboutMovies]

thank you. Viva Brazil!

[@MEDUSHAA]

I rank this up there along with Fast Times at Ridgmount High.

[@lucasmartinez4883]

Huge fan of this movie, loved your video.

[@LearningaboutMovies]

Thank you

[@oskar_oskarewicz]

Amazing movie, and amazying analysis, thank you :)

[@LearningaboutMovies]

you're welcome.

[@vikassuresh221]

Brilliant review!

[@LearningaboutMovies]

thank you.

[@StevenSmith-mk5fg]

This was one of those movies (along with movies such as Good Morning Vietnam) that I wasn't interested in watching at the time as I was young and back then, it was all about the horror/martial arts movies. It just seemed boring at the time and I've never gotten around to watching it. I'll have to give it a try as I do enjoy coming of age films.

[@anthonygrugnale7552]

I’d argue it’s an Anti Bad parent movie

[@OrphanCrippler1]

One of the greatest movies of all time

[@devonbeard750]

I've been wondering if I should take notes on all the films I watch or shouldn't I, and I wonder if you take notes too?

[@ryanmccurdy9423]

I am also wondering your thoughts on Jim Jarmusch or any of his films. Just finished Ghost Dog which I haven’t seen in a long time and I loved it.

[@LearningaboutMovies]

I need to return to him now. Been a long while -- decades -- since I watched any of his movies.

[@stevef4010]

@@LearningaboutMovies start with Dead Man and Broken Flowers. He's hit or miss, but love those two as well as Only lovers left alive. Paterson.

[@satyarthsingh2276]

Would love to see your opinions on Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused (1993)

[@LearningaboutMovies]

I would love to try that again. Saw it in college long ago. Would see it differently now for sure. thank you for the suggestion.

[@satyarthsingh2276]

@@LearningaboutMovies That's the thing about great movies or art in general. When we see it again at different stages of our life, we tend to grasp or collect more things that we didn't got the last time. That's the beauty of it. Been watching your channel since long, very much appreciate the videos you put out. Greetings from India.

[@psinno]

@@satyarthsingh2276 Before sunrise/sunset/midnight must be great for that kind of rewatch or indeed initial watch if you were the correct age.

[@LearningaboutMovies]

thank you. blessings.

[@froginthewaves8450]

Great movie

[@alivin3]

you say its an anti parent movie, but to me, its just an anti BAD parent movie

[@LearningaboutMovies]

Yours is a reasonable view. Here is where I am coming from. The movie deals in major types -- nerd, jock, etc. -- which stand for hundreds of thousands of people or more. And, of these five major types, they all have bad parents. Vernon is also a type of parent, a surrogate one. So, the movie is 6 for 6 in representing bad parents. And then one character (the Misfit) says it's inevitable they'll all turn into adults like their parents. So, it's entirely reasonable to ascibe the general type of "parent" to the movie. Which is to say the movie is not talk about any kind of parent but just "parent," or the idea of one, as in the Phlip Larkin poem "They f--- you up, your mum and dad."

[@STONESGAM]

I think it's written through the eyes of how kids see adults and their parents and authority figures in general. A lot of kids pressures do come from their parents. Parents weren't as soft back in the mid 1980's. The only cool adult was the janitor who understood high school kids and likely didn't have any kids of his own.

[@littleredruri]

Problem is most parents from that time were bad, so the two would be essentially the same thing.

[@STONESGAM]

@@littleredruri I don't know that parents from the 80's were bad. A lot of them were harder on their kids though and the kids had more freedom and were a lot less sheltered than they are today. It wasn't all about everyone's feelings back then. That generation adapted to technology but didn't grow up with it for the most part. Which is why Gen X is a lot more more normal and mentally tough than than generations after. They know that the world doesn't revolve around them and their feelings.

[@littleredruri]

@@STONESGAM funny how the silent generation would probably say all those exact same things about boomers and gen x that you are about millenials and zoomers. It's a never ending cycle of each generation thinking they're more forward thinking than the previous and more hard working and "tough" than the next. Please, break this cycle. You're being brainwashed.

[@user-ov1ps7go4m]

Can you review some of JCVD movies? Je really defined the 80s and 90s era movies

[@LearningaboutMovies]

I was there. not sure he was that special at that time. Steven Seagal was more of a star, as was Mel Gibson (for example). I haven't seen Bloodsport in decades. Will look at it at some point. I'm going to go through Bruce Lee when I get the time, and at that point it would be good to look at van Damme's movies.

[@markant9534]

@@LearningaboutMovies Bruce Lee`s jeet kune do is still used in MMA fights today, the other two have dreadful martial arts scenes in their movies, despite Van Damn being a former pro kick boxer, I saw an amateur karate fight featuring Van damn on youtube and saw Lee fight much better in a sparing match on youtube, Seagal tells a lot of lies about his martial arts background and Akido is bullshido anyway, would love to see your spin on enter the dragon, great vid on the breakfast club too, thanks.

[@suranami4961]

Are you familiar with avant-garde filmmakers like Brakhage, Warhol, Tscherkassky, Paul Clipson, Lois Patiño, Khalik Allah, late Tsai, Ben Rivers, Daichi Saito, Guy Maddin, Grandrieux, etc.?

[@LearningaboutMovies]

most of those, no. What do you recommend?

[@suranami4961]

@@LearningaboutMovies Well, to be fair, most of those avant-garde/experimental filmmakers I've mentioned are not as well known as they've only started making films the recent decades, so I would've actually been quite surprised if you knew about people like Daichi Saito and the like. In any case, avant-garde/experimental cinema generally is pretty open since there's not a hard canon in the same way the classic film is. There are still some essential works and artists though. I started with people like Maya Daren, Stan Brakhage, Hollis Frampton, and Andy Warhol. A lot of the surrealists from the '20s/'30s are also great, like Salvidor Dali or Man Ray who have made some weird films. Otherwise, there are Bunuel's first 2 films, Matsumoto's films + shorts (Funeral Parade of Roses), Terayama's films + shorts (Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets), Bokanowski's work, Entr’acte and Kenneth Anger's work are good starters before moving to Brakhage, Kubelka, Warhol (Chelsea Girls, Vinyl, etc.,), Ito, Elder etc. (even if I started with some of them, I still recommend checking out the aforementioned ones before). Some other notable early experimental films are Berlin: Symphony of a City, Life, and Death of 9413, Man with a Movie Camera, and Ballet Mecanique. In general, most of the shorts in this playlist are worth checking out: kzbin.info/aero/PLcD868aMR0wyQqi0YdhM5xP1fmA_f3YiE As for the other filmmakers I mentioned, Tscherkassky has some really good ones like Outer Space (1999), while Clipson is mainly known for ones like Love's Refrain (2016) (one of his best) or Hypnosis Display (2014). Have yet to watch most Patino films, but one I'd recommend is Costa da Morte, Khalik Allah is kind of like Mekas (Mekas also has a few ones worth watching, like Guns of the Trees (1961) or As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000)). He is an interesting contemporary director whose documentaries are in a way as close to Greenaway's concept of an image-based cinema divorced from the narrative as anything else out there right now; I personally believe all of his films are worth watching, especially his later ones. Ming-Liang Tsai's Bu san (2003) is my favorite of his, he also released a film in 2020 which is worth checking out in the very least. Can't say a whole lot about Ben Rivers, unfortunately, as I've only seen A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness (2013), but that one wasn't too bad. It's just slow cinema, which is something to get used to. Most of Daichi Saito's films are worth watching, but his best one would probably have to be Engram of Returning (2016). Too bad his films are pretty hard to find. Guy Maddin has made a few good ones like The Green Fog (2017), The Forbidden Room (2015), or My Winnipeg (2007). Grandrieux has made lots of good films, I'd recommend starting with Sombre (1998) and then check out his other films, like White Epilepsy (2012). Another director I haven't mentioned but should've is probably Takashi Makino, he mixes digital with analog photography and does some cool stuff with it; sort of like Grandrieux but on XTC; most of his films can be found on Vimeo. Godard's later films, like Adieu au Language (2014) and Image Book (2018) are also worth mentioning but definitely an acquired taste. Seasons of the Year (1975) is also an experimental film worth watching.

[@suranami4961]

@@LearningaboutMovies Well, to be fair, most of those avant-garde/experimental filmmakers I've mentioned are not as well known as they've only started making films the recent decades, so I would've actually been quite surprised if you knew about people like Daichi Saito and the like. In any case, avant-garde/experimental cinema generally is pretty open since there's not a hard canon in the same way the classic film is. There are still some essential works and artists though. I started with people like Maya Daren, Stan Brakhage, Hollis Frampton, and Andy Warhol. A lot of the surrealists from the '20s/'30s are also great, like Salvidor Dali or Man Ray who have made some weird films. Otherwise, there are Bunuel's first 2 films, Matsumoto's films + shorts (Funeral Parade of Roses), Terayama's films + shorts (Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets), Bokanowski's work, Entr’acte and Kenneth Anger's work are good starters before moving to Brakhage, Kubelka, Warhol (Chelsea Girls, Vinyl, etc.,), Ito, Elder etc. (even if I started with some of them, I still recommend checking out the aforementioned ones before). Some other notable early experimental films are Berlin: Symphony of a City, Life, and Death of 9413, Man with a Movie Camera, and Ballet Mecanique. In general, most of the shorts in this playlist are worth checking out: kzbin.info/aero/PLcD868aMR0wyQqi0YdhM5xP1fmA_f3YiE As for the other filmmakers I mentioned, Tscherkassky has some really good ones like Outer Space (1999), while Clipson is mainly known for ones like Love's Refrain (2016) (one of his best) or Hypnosis Display (2014). Have yet to watch most Patino films, but one I'd recommend is Costa da Morte, Khalik Allah is kind of like Mekas (Mekas also has a few ones worth watching, like Guns of the Trees (1961) or As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000)). He is an interesting contemporary director whose documentaries are in a way as close to Greenaway's concept of an image-based cinema divorced from the narrative as anything else out there right now; I personally believe all of his films are worth watching, especially his later ones. Ming-Liang Tsai's Bu san (2003) is my favorite of his, he also released a film in 2020 which is worth checking out in the very least. Can't say a whole lot about Ben Rivers, unfortunately, as I've only seen A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness (2013), but that one wasn't too bad. It's just slow cinema, which is something to get used to. Most of Daichi Saito's films are worth watching, but his best one would probably have to be Engram of Returning (2016). Too bad his films are pretty hard to find. Guy Maddin has made a few good ones like The Green Fog (2017), The Forbidden Room (2015), or My Winnipeg (2007). Grandrieux has made lots of good films, I'd recommend starting with Sombre (1998) and then check out his other films, like White Epilepsy (2012). Another director I haven't mentioned but should've is probably Takashi Makino, he mixes digital with analog photography and does some cool stuff with it; sort of like Grandrieux but on XTC; most of his films can be found on Vimeo. Godard's later films, like Adieu au Language (2014) and Image Book (2018) are also worth mentioning but definitely an acquired taste. Seasons of the Year (1975) is also an experimental film worth watching.

[@LearningaboutMovies]

thank you. this is all excellent info.

[@anthonykenny1320]

could you please review the 1963 English “This Sporting Life” with Richard Harris so glad I stumbled over your channel

[@LearningaboutMovies]

thank you. will take a look at that one.

[@ginacleveland7995]

....I still have no idea🤷🏽‍♀️

[@LearningaboutMovies]

too bad.

[@beergeek123]

John Hughes was brilliant! A huge loss for the movie industry...

[@anthonychobotdoespopcultur7762]

Just sub to your channel

[@LearningaboutMovies]

Thank you, and welcome!

[@TheChadWork2001]

Too bad good parents were not represented by another character.

[@spidermangrs7828]

Over my whole life I heard this movie was like the Jesus of 80s movie but when I watched it just didn’t click for me. For me it was just them sitting in a room for like and hour 30. I get the whole therapy thing but man it just didn’t click man. Yes I can kinda see why people like the movie but like I said I just couldn’t get into the movie.

[@alanwatson4249]

Why have you been demonetized for God's sake?

[@LearningaboutMovies]

typical nonsense. I appealed the copyright claim, the studio denied it, despite all clips being 15 seconds or less. It's a violation of "fair use" and Google knows it, given that they just won that case against Oracle.

[@danielmorais8754]

Funny how this works if that movie came out today everyone would hate it. But because it’s old it’s perfect you are all hypocrites. And then they have the balls to come and say eternals was boring.

[@Blobbielee]

i dont think anybody would hate it

[@jcsmovies8589]

MCU fanboy?

[@egw6659]

I think the music is awesome but the gender dynamics of this film haven't aged well at all which is a shame.

[@LearningaboutMovies]

depends on what part of the world you're in and what your view of genders is. Most of the world might say this is too progressive and open and perhaps "equal."

[@STONESGAM]

I don't agree. I think gender dynamics were normal in the 1980's and 1990's and are way off kilter today in the USA and the West. That plus social media and dating apps are why things seem so off kilter in the US right now.

[@chrisyugimo2821]

This movie is evil, and its greatest trick is that no one consciously acknowledges its sinister message. I would say this movie is a well-played assault on youthful minds, but I cannot give credit to a film that thrives on deception.

[@LearningaboutMovies]

evil in what way? All movies are inherently persuasive because they are prescriptive, and thus could be called "deceptive."

[@jpeg.600x2]

whys that?

[@jpeg.600x2]

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