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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 06:36 PM Original message |
Parent upset after teacher shows "R" rated movie in class |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. The teacher will probably get written up and have a letter in her file |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. I would be very upset if a teacher did that to my sixth grader. |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 06:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Exactly! How else can we teach our kids to sneak into R flicks? |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. bwwaahhhh... that's a good one! |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. I snuck in to see Jaws. n/t |
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Habibi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
37. We snuck in to see The Story of O! |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
3. Horror of horrors! 11-yr-olds might see some boobies! |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 06:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. It's SOP in schools to get parental consent |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Perhaps there are many like me ... |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 06:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. That is a decision to be made by the parents. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
61. Kung Fu Hustle doesn't even contain boobies. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:28 AM Response to Reply #61 |
89. But it does have some wonderful gratuitous violence - |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:39 AM Response to Reply #89 |
90. Yes, that was. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:43 AM Response to Reply #61 |
92. What a great movie. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #92 |
94. I have no idea either. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 02:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
73. But it's all about protecting the children. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. What a sucky movie. Transformers would have been a better reward. n/t |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 06:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Oh no! Not Transformers! That would be pure torture. |
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FLyellowdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
7. Unless the movie is tied to FL Sunshine State Standards, |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
8. How is this film educational? That's what I object to, not the R |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
10. That's nothing. My 8th grade teacher tried to show us Spaceballs. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 06:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. The last few days of the 8th grade out history teacher showed us It. |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Which forces one to ask the obvious question. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 08:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. He *told* us he did it every year. |
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dhcave (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
82. IT? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #82 |
96. That's the one. It was (IIRC) three two-hour episodes |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 06:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. One could make an argument that an intellectual discussion on satire could take place after the film |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #22 |
36. Oh, there's more comedy to discuss in Kung Fu Hustle than any of Brooks' lesser films. |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
42. Funny, Spaceballs is rated PG. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #42 |
77. It'd be rated R by today's standards. |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #77 |
97. I seriously don't doubt that, it just |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
12. I rarely showed films that weren't educational in value when I was still classroom-based. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
38. My fourth grade teacher rewarded us by letting us square dance on Friday afternoons |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
81. We just don't do it. Ever. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
15. When my son was in forth grade his teacher had them watch Romeo and Juliet |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 07:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. At least that was PG-13 |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
16. good thing she/he didn't show the Grapes of Wrath, or maybe |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 06:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Or "Slaughterhouse Five". Or "Steambath". |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 06:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. My mother despised the movie... |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
21. When I clicked on this thread, I was expecting high school Students |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 11:51 PM Response to Reply #21 |
68. It's a fun movie, but I wouldn't choose to show it to a classroom without express consent from all |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
23. Because there is plenty of actual instructional time in the academic day and school year? |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
24. Of all the classic movies out there THAT's what the teacher showed? |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
28. As a freshman in high school |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 09:03 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Still a big difference between sixth and ninth graders |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
29. That was dumb move on the teacher's part. |
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montanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #29 |
79. Guess what. |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #79 |
86. My high school teacher showed "Macbeth." |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
31. So let me get this straight... |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 09:39 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I think the dickhead parents felt that there are better choices than a stupid R rated movie... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Nah. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:03 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Oh, so you think as parents they didn't give a shit about what their kids were exposed to at school? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:06 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I don't think these parents give a shit what their children watch. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:09 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. How do you know what are in these parents' heads? How can you assume? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:11 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. I know they're a bunch of crazy fucking prudes. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. How do you know this? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:16 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Because they're objecting to a teacher showing Kung Fu Hustle. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:19 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. What if they had shown that Ben Stein creationist crapumentory to your kid? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:20 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Apples and oranges. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:23 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Some kids do confuse the two and parents do like to have a say so over their children's education... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:27 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Excuse me? |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:31 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. I've seen kids thinking that they could do what they see on TV... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:32 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. And that's got what to do with MPAA ratings? |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. You THINK you know what the parents care and don't care about... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:51 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Fascists don't care about education. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 11:01 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Now they're fascists... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #65 |
76. Yeah, fascists. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:39 AM Response to Reply #57 |
91. That doesn't apply to this film. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:24 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. Oh, I get it...they're objecting to a movie you like. Gotcha. n/t |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 11:54 PM Response to Reply #48 |
70. The movie is funny, but my husband was pretty upset with me when I |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 05:24 PM Response to Reply #41 |
87. Silly me. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:55 AM Response to Reply #40 |
93. I've seen disney movies less appropriate for kids than Kung Fu Hustle. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:11 PM Response to Reply #32 |
43. At least show a clever or smart or funny "R" rated movie, not a stupid one! |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Have you SEEN Kung Fu Hustle? |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. I've seen it and I thought it sucked. n/t |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:17 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Was I asking you? |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:20 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Well, I thought this was a free forum where people replied, commented and bitched... |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #47 |
88. First of all |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 02:02 AM Response to Reply #45 |
72. No - I gave up kung fu movies when Bruce Lee died n/t |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #43 |
95. Kung Fu Hustle is a good deal smarter than a lot of those movies listed. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 02:57 AM Response to Reply #31 |
74. [TAG] - this sub-thread has been tagged as example of bourgeios underground in action. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #74 |
85. can you please clarify |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
33. ## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
34. "Kung Fu Hustle" sounds more like a punishment |
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comrade snarky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:45 PM Response to Reply #34 |
60. It's a live action Tex Avery cartoon by Stephen Chow |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:54 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. I was thinking Buster Keaton and Fatty Arbuckle the whole damn time. |
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comrade snarky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 11:35 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. Totally! |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #34 |
84. Have you seen it? |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
56. I have to say, I am so fucking tired of movies being rewards for everything all the time. Many kids |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
64. Horror of Horrors! In 9th grade (1983) they played...no really... |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 09:23 AM Response to Reply #64 |
75. These days they would probably consider "Romeo and Juliet" child pornography,... |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
67. Teacher should fired. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
69. A review of "Kung Fu Hustle" from Rotten Tomatoes |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
71. Our reward movie in 8th grade was "Children of the Corn." I have no idea |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
78. Every kid should see that movie. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
80. Dumb. |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
83. Teacher's got good taste. I love KFH |
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