Diversity, Dissimilarity, love, acceptance, freedom = power, control, prejudice, hatred, murder, destruction
our enlightened universe.
The Lesbian subject matter is not the important aspect of this film live and let live is. We all share the responsibility to create a place of reasonability and understanding. I do not agree with the author's adult/teenager setting; it is an inappropriate vehicle for exploring what I would call a very important aspect of prejudice in our society.
As far as character examination, motivation and plot the writing seemed a little light and the story just too typical. The acting was fair and I believe the reason for it was simply because there was not enough depth or exploration of events in their lives yielding their motivations; the actors simply did not have enough to act on. We never found out much about Annabelle's life as the rebellious daughter of a US Senator. There seemed to be some sort of history between Simone and the principle. Some additional historical shots of Simone's first relationship would have strengthened the performance If you compare this screenplay to the likes of the writing employed in JUNO ... well.
In spite of this observation what the author is saying is important and this story must be told and retold in the many forms where prejudices rear their ugly heads until there is no longer a need for it.
I do have one question: the license plates, when Simone was taken away, read GOVERNMENT and not police? FBI, CIA, NSA since Annabelle was the daughter of a very powerful US Senator will we ever see Simone again?
The Lesbian subject matter is not the important aspect of this film live and let live is. We all share the responsibility to create a place of reasonability and understanding. I do not agree with the author's adult/teenager setting; it is an inappropriate vehicle for exploring what I would call a very important aspect of prejudice in our society.
As far as character examination, motivation and plot the writing seemed a little light and the story just too typical. The acting was fair and I believe the reason for it was simply because there was not enough depth or exploration of events in their lives yielding their motivations; the actors simply did not have enough to act on. We never found out much about Annabelle's life as the rebellious daughter of a US Senator. There seemed to be some sort of history between Simone and the principle. Some additional historical shots of Simone's first relationship would have strengthened the performance If you compare this screenplay to the likes of the writing employed in JUNO ... well.
In spite of this observation what the author is saying is important and this story must be told and retold in the many forms where prejudices rear their ugly heads until there is no longer a need for it.
I do have one question: the license plates, when Simone was taken away, read GOVERNMENT and not police? FBI, CIA, NSA since Annabelle was the daughter of a very powerful US Senator will we ever see Simone again?