Trevor is a troubled high school student, thanks to the effects of bullying. This is the story of his fight to break free.Trevor is a troubled high school student, thanks to the effects of bullying. This is the story of his fight to break free.Trevor is a troubled high school student, thanks to the effects of bullying. This is the story of his fight to break free.
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- TriviaMercedes de la Zerda's debut.
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Val: It made perfect sense to you last year when you made the bomb threat.
Trevor: I don't know what you mean.
Val: You know exactly what I mean. You made the bomb threat, endangered lots of kids lives, you took the first step toward killing.
Trevor: Did anyone die?
Val: That's beside the point.
Trevor: What's the point
Val: The point is you took that step.
Trevor: The bomb was empty.
Val: And perfectly made.
Trevor: Totally harmless.
Val: But most people don't take that step. You did. Now who's to say you won't take the next step?
Trevor: It went no further.
Val: Josh did. Josh did. Why? Why, Trevor? What do you have that Josh doesn't have? What do you have that Josh doesn't have, Trevor? Fear of punishment, conscience, God, perhaps, Ten Commandments, too chicken. Whatever it is. Let's call it X. Now, tell me, Trevor, what would happen if I were to reach right into your soul and remove X?
Trevor: I'd be Josh.
Val: Yeah. You'd be Josh.
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Performed by Creed
The film is fictional, but it presents truths that exist most everywhere, to varying degrees. The message could hardly be clearer or more timely. And that message is that for kids, high school functions as an emotional and psychological ... trap.
But if high school is a trap for kids, it's a source of income for teachers and administrators, some of whom thus have selfish motives for preserving the status quo. And for parents, their kid's high school is useful to gauge their parenting skills which they hope will lead to a sense of pride of accomplishment ... for themselves.
In no part of high school life is this pressure more apparent than in school sports, and the film rightly zeros in on this culture. For boys, athletic accomplishment or non-accomplishment is the main, perhaps only, criterion by which they are judged and stamped, and sent on their way to fend for themselves in a society that demands competitive performance.
"Bang, Bang, You're Dead" is a clear, compelling story that shines a needed light into a dark corner of American society. The film should be required viewing for teachers, administrators, and parents. But it won't be required viewing, because a lot of adults would just as soon keep that light turned off.
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- Sep 5, 2005
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