Dead Poets Society (1989): The Powerful Play Goes On
So much of what Keating does in Dead Poets Society has to do with shifting one’s perspective. Stand on the desk and say what you can see.| Bright Wall/Dark Room
One could fairly criticize Reggie Dunlop (Paul Newman)—“player-coach” of the Charlestown Chiefs in George Roy Hill's chaotically raunchy Slap Shot—for a wide variety of character flaws and professional failings, but he is true to the letter of St. Francis de Sales’ wisdom: Be who you are and be that well.| Bright Wall/Dark Room
So much of what Keating does in Dead Poets Society has to do with shifting one’s perspective. Stand on the desk and say what you can see.| Bright Wall/Dark Room
Why is it so hard to bring Latin stories to screen? One answer is offered by Stand and Deliver itself, when Escalante tells his students they already have two strikes against them. He doesn’t say what exactly those strikes are, because for them it’s simply understood: they’re brown, and they’re poor.| Bright Wall/Dark Room
Both Road House (1989) and Magic Mike (2012) are about learning how to be a person in society. It’s possible to pick some of it up in passing, but it’s much easier to learn when there’s a teacher involved.| Bright Wall/Dark Room
