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movie review - Election

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Toronto, 1999.11.11

This is a quiet little comedic thing about a number of characters in a small town (Omaha) high school. It involves two teachers, their wives, and their students. Its about sex and betrayal and vindictive, ambitious bitter desperation. Very worth watching.

Strongly recommended.

rand()m quote

On the endless saga of Rob Ford, mayor of Toronto; "It shouldn't have had to come to this. I'm so tired of getting up every morning and wondering, 'What will it be today?' I'm so tired of giving the benefit of the doubt again and again, only to be let down again and again.... Somewhere a responsible adult has to appear, draw a bright moral line, tell the truth and say unequivocally what won't be tolerated. Somebody has to do the right thing."

—Denzil Minnan-Wong