The picture has often been compared with and likened to The Graduate (1967). Of Class (1983), the following commented in relation to The Graduate (1967): 'Rating the Movies' said that the movie was a "take-off of The Graduate (1967); 'Halliwells' said the film was a "travesty of The Graduate (1967)"; film critic 'Roger Ebert said that the picture was a "prep-school retread of The Graduate (1967)"; whilst trade paper 'Variety' said the film "throw[s] in aspects of The Graduate (1967)"; and 'Movie '83' magazine (Australia) said that the movie was an "80s version of The Graduate (1967)".
Part of an earlier to mini early to mid 1980s cycle of movies where a young guy has an affair with an older woman. The films include Class (1983), My Tutor (1983), Private Lessons (1981) and They're Playing with Fire (1984).
Skip politely refuses a sandwich as he and his friends of the dance committee are visiting the all-girl school. After the chaos with the broken vase and the torn blouse, Skip suggests that the students decide on whether to wear costumes....while eating a sandwich.
Jonathan: Hey, I got it, I'll drop dead. Wouldn't that be nice, huh? I could shoot myself. No, you shoot me and mount my head on the wall next to the moose. You could stretch the panties between my ears. Come on, you'd love that.
Skip: Worriest thou not about being banished for ever from the Foxfield school for girls, for yea, thought they are the only females within a 100 miles, there is still a place where thou canst journey to. Chicago, on the nine o'clock bus.
Mr. Bernhardt: Is this meant to amuse me, Mr Burroughs? Why don't you stop by my office about 8 in the morning. To give you time to think about what you've done and to give me time to think about what I'm going to do. Oh, and, um... please invite your "dead" roommate.