In a couple of weeks, the much-anticipated Scott Brown memoir comes out, titled "Against All Odds." That got me to wondering, what 1980s movie titles would be appropriate for the story of other Massachusetts political figures or institutions?
I posed the question on Twitter, as one of the "hashtag games" (#MApoli80smovies) you may have heard about. And the entries came flooding in.
I've plucked some of the best and put them below for your enjoyment; some of them are mine, others were contributed by Tweeps @GarrettQuinn, @conoryunits, @Amy_Goodrich, @
Chuck Turner: Cry Freedom
Mass. Congressional Delegation: The Untouchables
Tim Cahill and Paul Loscocco: The Big Chill
Jack Hart: Breakfast Club
Mitt Romney: Say Anything
Steve Pagliuca: Can't Buy Me Love
Massachusetts legislature: Labyrinth
Charlie Baker: The Vanishing
Probation Department: Crimes and Misdemeanors
Anthony Galluccio: Moving Violations
Sal DiMasi, Tom Finneran, and Bob DeLeo: The Goonies
Marie St. Fleur's Lieutenant Governor campaign: 48 HRs
Speaker of the House: Risky Business
Rachel Brown: ET -- The Extraterrestrial
Deval Patrick: The Right Stuff
Sal DiMasi: The Accused
Tim Cahill and Paul Loscocco: Irreconcilable Differences
Paul Loscocco: Trading Places
MassResistance: Weird Science
Beacon Hill Chiefs of Staff: Adventures In Babysitting
Bill Bulger: King Of Comedy
Dianne Wilkerson: Easy Money
Tim Cahill's advisors: Spies Like Us
Jeff Perry campaign: Witness
Therese Murray: Just One of the Guys
Massachusetts Statehouse: Cocoon
Tim Murray: Pee Wee's Big Adventure
GOP Congressional candidates: The Lost Boys
Bob DeLeo and Therese Murray: Clash of the Titans
Massachusetts Tea Party: The Outsiders
Ronald Wilburn: Look Who's Talking
Bob DeLeo: Kindergarten Cop
Kerry Healey campaign: Little Shop of Horrors
John Kerry: The Man With Two Brains
Karyn Polito campaign: Field of Dreams
Doug Rubin: Real Genius
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