Ferris Bueller, Influencer

Has there ever been a less villainous villain than Edward R. Rooney? The dean of students at Shermer High School, and the principal antagonist of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, could have been up there with Hans Gruber and Keyser Söze in the pantheon of movie baddies. Facing off against Ferris Bueller, perhaps the most famous school skipper in cinematic history, Mr. Rooney has the makings of an all-timer. He is deluded. He is depraved. He is dangerous in the way that supervillains tend to be: He has…