Risky Business enters the Criterion Collection

[januarysix]

Our new 4K edition of RISKY BUSINESS (1983) enters the collection this July! 💘 https://t.co/aR8x4Z3Awt

A sly piece of pop subversion, this irresistible satire of Reagan-era materialism features Tom Cruise in his star-is-born breakthrough as a Chicago suburban prepster whose… pic.twitter.com/gzYCXFWBDc
- Criterion Collection (@Criterion) April 15,

Comments

[moddchicc]

I think this is one of the best aged teen movies from the '80s and is actually a really clever satire. It's also more enjoyable to watch as an adult

[januarysix]

I'll be honest and say I don't get the satire. I've read that its a critique of capitalism but it just shows a teenager beating capitalism at its own game and having the time of his life.

[moddchicc]

I wouldn't say he's having the time of his life for all of it, he's terrified of Lana's pimp and of her friends trashing the house most of the time, lol. It's just funny he's desperate to get into an Ivy League university so he can go into a career to make him rich, but the prostitute [i.e. the lowest end of the economy chain] turns out to be a genius with money

[genbu_no_miko24]

Hmm didn't totally see it like that cause I only saw the critique of capitalism but I see your point!!

"but the prostitute [i.e. the lowest end of the economy chain] turns out to be a genius with money"

Plus isn't the implication that Lana was in cohorts with Guido the pimp because when she and Joel have sex on the train, that's ironically the same night his house gets robbed and then when Joel tries to contact her only he answers. I don't remember it all but she was clearly in on it and wasn't too remorseful about iirc.

[moddchicc]

Yeah she's like the inverse of the hooker with a heart of gold trope lol