High School High
This movie is a comedy about an idealistic, white, thirtyish teacher who heads to teach an inner city filled with metal detectors, prostitutes, professional gangsters, drugs, and teachers murdered and kidnapped by the mainly African-American and Latin student population.
Unlike most films of its kind, "High School High" has absolutely no deep, moral lesson. That is, unless not drinking the "punch" at urban dance parties or leaving a car unattended in the school parking lot can be considered a valuable trinket of wisdom.
Although I didn't believe it to be possible, the realities of impoverished American neighborhoods are treated in a funny, upbeat, uplifting manner.
As Jon Lovitz makes his way through the 'hood and school, he notices a liquor store followed by a gun store followed by a bail bond store on the streets. Finally, he sees something different; the fourth building down is both a liquor, gun, and a bail bond store.
The students carry dozens of knives and guns throughout, offering Lovitz their services to ice rival gangs, while simultaneously humping slutty-looking girls with three babies and stealing shit. The faculty is equally uproarious.
The principal is a fifty year old hard-drinking Irishwoman who randomly attacks students and teachers alike with a wooden baseball bat. One teacher is a stoned, elderly black man reading gun magazines who "does something in the classes on the third floor". Another teacher is a shemale with a beard who teaches female gym class.
Eventually, Lovitz finds a way to connect to his fellow students, via the following creative method of teaching mathematics;
"You're cruising with your Crip brothas' down the hood' when you meet up with some A-homies talking smack, after which you decide to throw down. You have five guys with three sawed off pool cues, one aluminum bat, and one wooden baseball bat.
The rude motherfuckers are six bitches with three brass knuckles and three knives. What is the ratio of metal weapons to wooden ones?"
The students nod their heads in approval, and begin the hard work. I loved this film.
Pictures:
http://www.moviesnapshot.com/1996Stills/High_School_High.JPG
http://www.wwlp.com/news/segments/sybersy/highschool.jpg
http://www.cinemareview.com/static-htm/images/109613p4.jpg
Unlike most films of its kind, "High School High" has absolutely no deep, moral lesson. That is, unless not drinking the "punch" at urban dance parties or leaving a car unattended in the school parking lot can be considered a valuable trinket of wisdom.
Although I didn't believe it to be possible, the realities of impoverished American neighborhoods are treated in a funny, upbeat, uplifting manner.
As Jon Lovitz makes his way through the 'hood and school, he notices a liquor store followed by a gun store followed by a bail bond store on the streets. Finally, he sees something different; the fourth building down is both a liquor, gun, and a bail bond store.
The students carry dozens of knives and guns throughout, offering Lovitz their services to ice rival gangs, while simultaneously humping slutty-looking girls with three babies and stealing shit. The faculty is equally uproarious.
The principal is a fifty year old hard-drinking Irishwoman who randomly attacks students and teachers alike with a wooden baseball bat. One teacher is a stoned, elderly black man reading gun magazines who "does something in the classes on the third floor". Another teacher is a shemale with a beard who teaches female gym class.
Eventually, Lovitz finds a way to connect to his fellow students, via the following creative method of teaching mathematics;
"You're cruising with your Crip brothas' down the hood' when you meet up with some A-homies talking smack, after which you decide to throw down. You have five guys with three sawed off pool cues, one aluminum bat, and one wooden baseball bat.
The rude motherfuckers are six bitches with three brass knuckles and three knives. What is the ratio of metal weapons to wooden ones?"
The students nod their heads in approval, and begin the hard work. I loved this film.
Pictures:
http://www.moviesnapshot.com/1996Stills/High_School_High.JPG
http://www.wwlp.com/news/segments/sybersy/highschool.jpg
http://www.cinemareview.com/static-htm/images/109613p4.jpg
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