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re: Michael Pritchard (the speaker addressing students in the gym)


I loved the film. Thank-you for making it. "Happy" reaffirms and strengthens my own beliefs and experiences. The only dissonant chord was when Michael Pritchard was addressing the gym full of students. His overall message of "Be kind, be inclusive, be compassionate." is excellent, yet he slips in a joke about Britney Spears' intelligence in the hope of getting a laugh. Not good, Michael. You can't preach an anti-bullying message, and turn around and make fun of someone else's intelligence. His keynote address would be much stronger by editing this out of future releases of the film, in my opinion.

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