As with Il laureato (1967), Wargames - Giochi di guerra (1983) and other teen- and youth-oriented movies of its ilk, most of the adults in this movie are made out to be monsters or symbols of authoritarianism and how teens are mistreated in society. The parents and Principal Vernon are all mostly abusive to the youths in the movie; they are there to show how youths are mistreated in society and provide the impetus for the plot. Similarly in The Graduate, all of the characters who are over 21 are referred to as "Mr. Robinson" or "Mrs. Robinson"; we never learn their first names because they are supposed to be ciphers and symbols for authoritarianism, exemplifying how Ben and Elaine are chewed up by society (unless they rebel). In WarGames, David Lightman's parents and the administrators in Washington are mostly painted as boobs - the idiots that let the crisis develop in the first place.

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