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A couple years ago my brilliant and charming partner @RRombom offhandedly mentioned that someone was making a movie about a piece she reported for her Long Island high school newspaper.
She was pretty chill about it and it was a HS newspaper so I thought oh cool whatever, right? and went back to doing whatever I was doing (probably something related to yogurt). Well.
It turns out it was a little bit of a bigger deal than she let on.
It turns out it was a little bit of a bigger deal than she let on.
First off, the cast is wild.
@RealHughJackman stars and this guy seems to think he did a bang-up job.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/apr/23/bad-education-hugh-jackman-hbo
@AllisonBJanney is easily one of my favorite actors and she’s right there, too. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bad-education-allison-janney-hugh-jackman-hbo_n_5ea332ffc5b6f96398148b2e
@RealHughJackman stars and this guy seems to think he did a bang-up job.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/apr/23/bad-education-hugh-jackman-hbo
@AllisonBJanney is easily one of my favorite actors and she’s right there, too. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bad-education-allison-janney-hugh-jackman-hbo_n_5ea332ffc5b6f96398148b2e
Rebekah is played by Geraldine Viswanatha as a character named Rachel.
Fun-fact: Rachel is the #1 name people call Rebekah when they forget her name or get it wrong.
(Sidebar: Miracle Workers which @yoyogeraldinev stars in is perfectly charming and I recommend it.)
Fun-fact: Rachel is the #1 name people call Rebekah when they forget her name or get it wrong.
(Sidebar: Miracle Workers which @yoyogeraldinev stars in is perfectly charming and I recommend it.)
Anyways. The movie is called Bad Education. It's out tonight and everyone can watch it on HBO.
We haven’t seen it yet, but I’ve haven’t been this excited for a movie premiere since Transformers in 1986.
https://twitter.com/HBO/status/1252295425748545548
We haven’t seen it yet, but I’ve haven’t been this excited for a movie premiere since Transformers in 1986.
https://twitter.com/HBO/status/1252295425748545548
People that watch movies as their job like it. It’s got a 92% on Rotten Tomato.
And it’s a NYT Critic’s Pick this week: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/23/movies/bad-education-review.html
Fun fact #2: their review links to the piece Rebekah wrote about all of this for NYT in 2004.
And it’s a NYT Critic’s Pick this week: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/23/movies/bad-education-review.html
Fun fact #2: their review links to the piece Rebekah wrote about all of this for NYT in 2004.
If you want to learn more about the story behind the story @RRombom was interviewed by her local newspaper earlier this week.
Highly accurate takeaways there include that she is a serious person who is passionate about her work and education. https://theislandnow.com/featured/roslyn-hs-reporter-who-broke-bad-education-story-speaks-out-16-years-later/
Highly accurate takeaways there include that she is a serious person who is passionate about her work and education. https://theislandnow.com/featured/roslyn-hs-reporter-who-broke-bad-education-story-speaks-out-16-years-later/
If you’ve read this far, @RRombom's version of a SoundCloud would be a link to: https://www.donorschoose.org/ .
Fun fact #3: one of real-life Rebekah’s hobbies is to browse Donor’s Choose and make donations to classroom’s in need.
See you all at 8 PM Eastern!
Fun fact #3: one of real-life Rebekah’s hobbies is to browse Donor’s Choose and make donations to classroom’s in need.
See you all at 8 PM Eastern!
