The assignment was simple: In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the release of “The Breakfast Club” and its limited theatrical rerelease, take a couple of local teenagers and see how it holds up. One large bucket of buttered popcorn and lots of cringing later, I have my answer. It’s like the character John Bender says: “The world is an imperfect place,” and in the 40 years since the classic movie was released, that’s not the only thing that hasn’t changed.

None of the three teens I corralled into watching the film with me — sisters Kira (16) and Lilian (14) Andrews, and friend Mireya Williams (14) — had seen the movie before, but they had a loose idea that it was a group of teenagers meeting for detention at high school on a weekend.

And since spoilers are long expired when it comes

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