Duckie vs. Invisible Man

Pretty in Pink is a classical 80's movie with the worst ending possible. Basically, it's about a girl who lives in a poor part of town, who mutually falls for a rich kid. There is an implied rivalry at the school that the rich can't mingle with the poor, or something along those lines. But, interesting enough, the producers emphasize her best friend -- Duckie -- more than they do the rich boy. Duckie is invisible to everybody, even himself at times, and if it was the realistic world (or at least a little bit more realistic) the girl would have ended up with Duckie because they were mutually invisible, but in the end she doesn't. This created an outrage in critics for decades because the writers made everybody fall in love with Duckie way more than they did with Blaine (supposed love interest), but the truth is the original end wasn't with Blaine.It was with Duckie.

There are so many reasons why this is so totally wrong that he ended with nobody, but at the same time a LOT like Invisible Man. Duckie was the center man for most of the movie. In a way, indirectly, he could have been perceived as the main character because it was his story that people fell in love with. But, it couldn't be his story because his life had no impact on anybody else. Like Invisible Man, his character was amazing because everybody else's choices was what caused his ending. Stef's arrogance, Blaine's rebellion, Andie's sudden strive to create a different life for herself. In a way, Stef could be seen as Ras. Blaine could be seen as Brother Jack. Andie could be seen as Clifton, because she is the person that pushes him into a lonesome, invisible hole. Duckie not only walks away from his rivalry from Blaine in the end, but in society in general. Andie was the only reason he was a part of it, but when she starts to drift away, he gets in a fight and leaves school. He runs into her during her "show of change", only to lose her. I always believed after that moment, nothing was really the same again. When she chose Blaine, she chose a different life. She decided to not be a part of history and follow her stereotype, but create her own future that has nothing to do with Duckie. Now, whether or not that should be interpreted as a death, that's an entirely different topic, but it does show the last scene where Invisible Man catches Clifton during his puppet show, finally seeing what he didn't see before.

In the end, I have to admit, there would be no way for the movie to end correctly, which is why they changed it. If they did keep the original end with Duckie...then what was the whole point of Blaine? The whole point of the plot?  The original idea was for it to be a weird twist of Cinderella, there was absolutely no way she could have ended with the guy she should be with. It would be feel incorrect, and just like the Invisible Man, the reason Duckie made an impression was because he saw, through those dark glasses, the reason that it's better to just be invisible.