Arts Today in Stranger Suggests
posted by on December 20 at 11:00 AM
(PEDAGOGY) Piss off, Dead Poets Society. The History Boys, about a pack of smart, crass British kids trying to pass the Oxford and Cambridge entrance exams, is the new boyhood bildungsroman for the Western Hemisphere. Its writing is funny, its characters are tragic, and its 1980s soundtrack is nostalgic. It is substance versus style, youth versus age, straight versus gay versus curious versus celibate—and every man against himself. (See Movie Times for details.) BRENDAN KILEY
I was slightly confused about the letchy old teacher who was supposedly the protagonist of this film. The quickest way to a student's heart is by groping his balls!
Saw this over the weekend and I thought it was just great: funny, sad, moving and inspiring. Go see it!
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