For anyone who's interested, there's an article in The Atlantic about how bad Dead Poets Society is (I disagree) ... What amused me is that the author says he hates DPS for the same reasons his wife hates House, M.D. (not RSL - but the writer does pan his acting on House. The bastard.)
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I didn't care about the poetry. Todd's journey in that film was the thing that spoke to me.
I think though, that anyone who is in a profession would probably find films/tv about it frustrating. Yes, it must be really hard to watch House if you are actually a doctor because of all the things they got wrong/dramatic license. Same for cops and lawyers I would imagine.
But I will take my love of inspirational teaching movies to my grave with me :) so there :)
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Me, too. I saw DPS in the 90s, when my high school English teacher showed it to us, so yeah I was seeing it from a teenage girl perspective (OMG, cute boys! Reading poetry! *swoon*). But even then, it was obvious to me the film was not about scholarly poetry analysis. I mean, duh.
I LOVE inspirational teacher movies -- I don't care how hokey they are. :)
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As for his wife being annoyed with House...you have to expect artistic license in TV shows/movies. If it completely represented real life- there would be no drama or excitement each week! It's entertainment- it never claimed to show you what working in medicine is really like!
Again...meh!
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There were a few instances on House where I actually got pissed off at how bad the medicine was, but only in cases where it was important to the story/characters -- like insane chronic-pain management, and giving a main character a very curable cancer that is somehow untreatable after a round of couch chemo. Y'know, stuff like that :)
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And with that said, I'm gonna skip the annoying article by annoying guy. :-D
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Good point :)
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I did, too. I thought he did a great job portraying painful awkwardness. But this author doesn't seem to be able to judge acting skills ... or grasp the point of movies and TV.
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