Bad Teacher Movie Boasts Bad Taste
Scott Janssen,
Hiffington Post,
Jun 27, 2011
I saw Bad Teacher last night. While there will no doubt be dozens of columns (like this one) trying to find some message in the film, my advice is: don't. Bad Teacher isn't saying anything about education, American or otherwise. It is saying some uncomplimentary things about women, from Hollywood's usual ham-handed perspective. It probably shouldn't have been viewed by the theatre full of 12- and 13-year olds who joined us at yesterday's showing (smartphones on every hand, before, after and during the movie) but I guess they see much worse on TV, so I suppose it's OK. But there's no message here, no conclusion to draw, not even good propaganda. Just a dumb movie. That was, I admit, kind of funny.
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