http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/today_in_stranger_su_43 'The History Boys' (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... Copyright 2008 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 11:00:00 -0800 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:51:13 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 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!

]]> Ariel http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/today_in_stranger_su_43#c576586 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/today_in_stranger_su_43#c576586 Arts Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:18:18 -0800 Saw this over the weekend and I thought it was just great: funny, sad, moving and inspiring. Go see it!

]]> Prospero http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/today_in_stranger_su_43#c576613 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/today_in_stranger_su_43#c576613 Arts Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:51:13 -0800