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By Gary Wien SHARE BUTTON If you were a teenager in the eighties, there’s a good chance you have a special bond with the cult classic film, Heathers. While the decade was filled with John Hughes films placed in a high school setting, there was only one film that went as far into the dark, sinister world of popular cliques like Heathers. This was a dark comedy if ever there was one, involving everything from bullying to teen suicide to vioSUBSCRIBE lence in schools. But it also was hilarious and introduced dozens of catch phrases into the lexicon and became a film that often appears in lists of the top 5 teen comedies of all-time. Heathers tells the story of Veronica Sawyer, a brainy, beautiful teenage misfit who finds herself in the most powerful and mean clique at Westerberg High, one run by the Heathers — three girls all with the same name. Veroni- 2016 - ISSUE 3 Table of Contents 19