was when Annie Kinsella stood up to that obvious witch of a woman at the town hall meeting and won the argument. That was cool.
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Cool, yes. But with just an ounce of intelligence and passable speaking skills a person can often win an opposition to book bans and oppression. Both sides speak to a person's emotions so you have to make the stronger emotional impact. Beulah was appealing to the community's fear of free speech. Annie was appealing to the community's love of it.
Love may not always conquer fear, but when love can also call the opposition a "Nazi cow", it's a slam dunk.
"De gustibus non est disputandum"
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I wanted Annie to respond to Buelah's comment of "At least I'm not married to a horse's ass" with "No, but your husband is".
shareI don't know, I thought it was the weakest scene in the movie. Annie won over that rabidly McCarthyist crowd just a little too easily. With an appeal to "The Sixties!" no less.
shareWhile I understand the whole point of the scene is to introduce Terence Mann's background and relevance, I agree that this is weakest scene in the movie. The PTA crowd switches sides way too fast, and the moderators simply allow 2 people to take over the meeting in a back-and-forth without stepping in. It's also very jarring to be suddenly confronted with hysterical anger in what is mostly a very quiet movie.
Taking into account that censorship was a very big issue in the late 1980s (remember the PMRC?), I've always thought the filmmakers just couldn't resist adding this "socially significant" NPR moment. Also remember that the same time period saw an endless glorification of the 1960s throughout the media. Has there ever been a sympathetic character named "Beulah" in any movie ever?
There are far too many Beulahs on school boards. Can most of them actually read?
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