The classroom teacher, seemingly pretty cool, started with the equality statement from Abraham Lincoln (in actuality from Thomas Jefferson) which was noteworthy and powerful on its own.
However then the film engaged in some scenes apparently created strictly for show.
Asking the unruly mixed class to suggest defamatory slang names for the different cultural groups represented in the class, which he actually wrote on the blackboard, was unnecessary and derogatory, only adding to the uproar already existing among the students. These students, who were already pretty hostile and edging for fights, did not need the extra antagonization. When fighting broke out, the teacher had to get in the middle of it to try to dampen it down. You might say he initiated the eruptions and then had to deal with the outcomes he had created.
Interesting to see young newcomers in the cast like Jim Youngs (Footloose, Hotshot), Michael Wright (Oz, The Interpreter), and Toni Kalem (Another World, Sister Act).j.
However then the film engaged in some scenes apparently created strictly for show.
Asking the unruly mixed class to suggest defamatory slang names for the different cultural groups represented in the class, which he actually wrote on the blackboard, was unnecessary and derogatory, only adding to the uproar already existing among the students. These students, who were already pretty hostile and edging for fights, did not need the extra antagonization. When fighting broke out, the teacher had to get in the middle of it to try to dampen it down. You might say he initiated the eruptions and then had to deal with the outcomes he had created.
Interesting to see young newcomers in the cast like Jim Youngs (Footloose, Hotshot), Michael Wright (Oz, The Interpreter), and Toni Kalem (Another World, Sister Act).j.