Dr. Brown --- PhD in what??
How are we supposed to believe she's educated? Her grammar is deplorable and she's completely ghetto. Terrible casting/ignorant writing.
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MovieChat Forums > Vice Principals (2016) Discussion > Dr. Brown --- PhD in what??
1. It appears to be at least several advanced degrees above your education level. Your grammar is atrocious, coupled with the fact regarding your ignorance of a normal phenomenon as language. English is not my native language, but it surpasses your own.
2. You have to be an utter idiot for not being cognizant of "Code Switching," and it being the constant rather than the anomaly.
3. In Egypt (and the other 25-plus countries I've been) it's normal for teachers and other professionals to speak Modern Standard Arabic in more formal settings. But, during informal circumstances we switch to our native Egyptian Arabic dialect which is VERY different.
4. Nevertheless, I've noticed the distinct criticism levied against Dr. Brown for regressing to her native dialect. But, there is complete silence towards the cruelty and inhumanity of the teachers and their habitual use of profanity in the presence and towards children/students, faculty, and staff.
Dr. Brown is the only one among the three major characters who actually displayed a genuine concern towards the students-while the other two were strictly concerned with their powermad obsession with the title "Principal."
The reactions and comments on the forum truly quantify the numerous narratives among Dark persons from America and their reasons for emigrating here in such large droves over the last few decades.
Well, that, along with my personal experiences when I briefly lived in the US. As a "Fir'ouni" (meaning "of Pharoahs"-the 13% of modern Egyptians "pure Egyptians" that can trace our lineage directly to Ancient Egyptians) I am quite dark complexioned and was frequently mistaken as an African-American.
Hearing about American discrimination is disturbing, but having to experience it was absolutely traumatic.
I would like as many remarks from White Americans as possible. I (along with teachers in other countries) print as many comments from boards involving race matters in America and have my students read them in my American sections of Western Civilization courses-at least they gain a perspective directly from White Americans to contrast a disparate attitude which they receive from their African-American teachers who've emigrated here.
Thus far, the forums have only verified and confirmed their reported experiences.
Didnt realise egypyt wasnt in africa... you entire post is so full of *beep* that i dont have the time to go through it allm however well done on knowing the difference between formal and informal
shareWhy is it that Americans call people "liars" when something is said that corrects their ignorance? It's habitual.
Thank you for your response...it is very similar to what we are from Americans finding it impossible to acknowledge reality.
Why is it so common that Americans refuse to acknowledge and discuss reality? I've noticed a tremendous amount of films and documentaries on the Jewish Holocaust. But, very little regarding slavery, Jim Crow Era, or the Civil Rights Movement? Nazi ideology, ethnocentrism, and violence was no different than what Native Americans and African-Americans have been enduring.
It's rather hypocritical.
That's kinda funny since Hollywood has recently a movie about a slave and had another about MLK and yet another one about a person who worked in the White House for many yrs through turbulent times. There was also a HBO film about LBJ and the civil rights bills he pushed through. Oh yeah there is a film coming out about Nat Turner. So either you've had your head in the sand or you are overlooking these films for some reason.
shareUsing profanity like that doesn't really happen in American schools. They do it for shock humor.
In the first few episodes we see Dr. Brown is a competent and well meaning principal, but for some reason she has no real concern about all the profanity. Later, we see that her background was different than most PhD's and that can be a shock. So her use of poor grammar was more surprising than Gamby who used poor grammar throughout.
Dr. Brown and Ms. LeBlanc are the only characters in the series that show any concern for the students but that makes sense in this kind of over the top comedy. If the writers spent any time dwelling on how these horrible people affected innocent children, it wouldn't be very funny. The audience would not sympathize with the characters. The show they made has over the top characters with the kind of disregard for their jobs some people wish they could get away with. Most people have had a boss they didn't like working for, or a promotion they didn't get. In real life they have to keep quiet and do their jobs. On television we watch people who don't care about their jobs act like jackasses and commit crimes.
I don't think anyone should take this show seriously enough to see it as a comment on American culture or race relations. It was, however, made here and all art can be seen as a product of the culture. It really begs the question "Is this type of over the top comedy art?" I'm not sure of the answer but I was entertained watching it.
Oh, My stars and garters!
But Gamby calling a student a cousin *beep* in "Circles" is ok... Ignorance is a hell of a drug.
shareBecause Gamby and Russell Southern Accent's are the epitome of the English language ?
sharelol, exactly. It's okay if Gamby and Russell maintain their southern dialects but Brown codeswitch sometimes to AAVE and she's "uneducated." I'm betting she understands grammar, in English and AAVE, far better than those that turn their noses up to a dialect they're ignorant about.
"She hasn't even read the books..." - Elliot_Alderson
What about Dr. Phil? He sounds like a country bumpkin but I hear he's "educated". Lots of country sounding folk like him might not be as stupid as they sound. But they aren't in your crosshairs, eh troll? And BTW, she was terrific all season.
shareI was very disappointed by how every black character was written up to the most extreme of stereotypes. If it was for comedy's sake I could have understood but it was so CONSTANT and unnecessary to the point it bothered me.
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