Defamer has opened up their closed comment system (presumably temporarily) so that the blog’s readers can post questions to legendarily reclusive 80s teen film auteur John Hughes. According to Stu VanAirsdale, the site is also looking for “tipsters, spies and industry moles” who can contact Hughes and pass the comment thread questions along. Apparently, that task is more formidable than it might sound: the L.A. Times‘ Patrick Goldstein, who apparently wasn’t able to get to Hughes whilst researching this story, credits Vince Vaughn as the “one person who made contact.” Here’s hoping Defamer’s Q & A challenge strikes a victory for citizen journalism. Subsequently, let’s also hope that if Hughes does deign to take a look at the questions, he’s not put off by the commenter who compares Hughes to Reverend Wright and begs him to “please stay retired forever.”

Semi-related: the new poster for the Sundance doc, American Teen.