There's no denying John Hughes' indelible stature as an iconic 1980s filmmaker, but his teen classic Sixteen Candles is also imbued with some unsavoury, extremely casual racism against its much-criticised exchange student character, Long Duk Dong. Ridiculous name aside - because the word "dong" was funny thirty years ago - the character is placed in the most excruciatingly embarrassing, humiliating situations possible, ranging from him getting drunk and dancing like a maniac, to failed romantic interludes and of course, the requisite abuse of the English language. Oh, and there's the fact that whenever he shows up, a gong noise is heard, which becomes tiresome by the second or third time it happens. Reports in the wake of the film suggested that many Asian-Americans were taunted with lines of the film being shouted at them, and it remains a high-point of cultural insensitivity; a rare error of judgement during Hughes' hey-day of classic teen comedies, even if the film itself is otherwise good fun.