Yesterday I tried to soak up as much movie as I can since I don't work in the industry and this is as close as I'm going to get to a big budget picture for a while - unless Clint Eastwood reads my blog and tracks me down to mine my incredible genius. But probably not. I spent much of my time listening to actors because I love actors. One more reason to love them: yesterday they unintentionally taught me a few things about life.
1) Who you were in school sometimes has absolutely nothing to do with who you can play onscreen. One guy told me he was an obese band nerd in high school who hated football players with a fierce, fiery passion. He was cast as a football player, letter jacket and all.
2) Being popular is all about how you dress. I was standing with all the jocks which is not something I ever did in high school. This one guy came up and tried to join the jock group but he was dressed as a nerd. He was completely shunned. He may have been an all-star quarterback in high school, but in this fake movie high school he was all pocket protectors and horned-rimmed glasses and there is no way the athletes were letting him in, even that one secret marching band guy. Even me. I didn't realize it until I got home, but I didn't want to talk to that dorky little guy either. How shallow is that?
3) Everybody in America is still reliving high school. I know this because everywhere I go, as soon as people find out I'm a teacher they ask a million questions. Even at my class reunion. It didn't matter if one of my classmates was the elected king of Punjab, as soon as somebody found out I was a teacher they pummeled me with inquiries. The actors yesterday all wanted to know stuff too. Like, where are the white kids? Do they have knife fights? Why is your school so nice when it's located in the middle of the ghetto? Don't you have a class to teach? Who is this "Little Round Boy" you speak of?
4) Stereotypes can be tricky. Two actors were playing Latino gangsters. I almost ordered them to go to class because I thought they were students.
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