But, these days, Sixteen Candles is also not-so-fondly remembered for its most notorious supporting role: foreign exchange ...

Over the past couple of decades, John Hughes' Sixteen Candles has been seen in a new light, with many calling out its portrayal of foreign exchange student Long Duk Dong, played by Gedde Watanabe ...

Add to all this two sets of horrendously embarrassing grandparents, a foreign-exchange student named Long Duk Dong, and behold the makings of a hilarious journey into young-womanhood.

Molly finds some elements of Sixteen Candles 'troubling' in a modern lens - most obviously with the racist portrayal of the foreign exchange student Long Duk Dong (Gedde Watanabe). Hughes depicts ...