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re: The Outsiders
Posted on 5/18/23 at 2:29 pm to Midget Death Squad
Posted on 5/18/23 at 2:29 pm to Midget Death Squad
My daughter just read it in 8th grade and they watched the movie. C Thomas Howell sent the class a video message talking about making the movie and the message
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Posted on 5/18/23 at 4:50 pm to Midget Death Squad
Forgot Leif Garrett was in it.
Posted on 5/18/23 at 4:50 pm to Midget Death Squad
It does kinda get lost in the shuffle. The cast was ridiculous
Posted on 5/18/23 at 5:54 pm to Midget Death Squad
Used to teach the novel to eighth graders. It was replaced in the curriculum with something more diverse. ??
Posted on 5/18/23 at 6:29 pm to Locoguan0
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Used to teach the novel to eighth graders. It was replaced in the curriculum with something more diverse. ??
That's what I was wondering but given the replies it doesn't seem the case.
It was a school staple "read the book, watch the movie" in the 80s/90s and a general teen angst staple before the movie.
In the 90s it was #38 on the ALA Top 100 most frequently challenged and banned books.
This last decade it wasn't even in Top 100. Either schools aren't reading it anymore or things have gotten far worse to complain about.
This post was edited on 5/18/23 at 6:30 pm
Posted on 5/18/23 at 6:50 pm to Locoguan0
quote:I remember my daughter reading it in the 8th grade probably about 2015.
Used to teach the novel to eighth graders. It was replaced in the curriculum with something more diverse. ??
Posted on 5/18/23 at 6:57 pm to Deek
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Definitely an All Star cast.
But iirc, not at the time, for the most part. Which is incredible.
Posted on 5/18/23 at 7:45 pm to Havoc
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But iirc, not at the time, for the most part. Which is incredible.
I think thats the entire reason for talking about the cast and how good it was.
Posted on 5/18/23 at 11:41 pm to Jones
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I think thats the entire reason for talking about the cast and how good it was.
I think Howell was the only notable star at the time, which is kinda ironic considering he had the least notable career afterwards.
Posted on 5/19/23 at 6:40 am to Corso
I don't think that chick will ever be not hot. Talk about great genes...shite.
Posted on 5/19/23 at 6:47 am to Midget Death Squad
Is that the one they kept singing the theme from Have Gun Will Travel in?
Posted on 5/19/23 at 7:01 am to Midget Death Squad
We read this in middle school and all the guys loved it. A few of them even dressed as greasers for a little while haha. Fast forward 10 years and my little cousin’s class has the same reaction. Me and him have watched the movie several times together. A classic!
Posted on 5/19/23 at 7:24 am to Midget Death Squad
I never saw Matt Dillon as anything other than a greaser dirtbag until Wayward Pines as a result of that first impression.
Posted on 5/19/23 at 7:41 am to Midget Death Squad
I watched it in my 5th grade class and one of my kids watched it last year in his 7th grade class. So, not totally forgotten.
Posted on 5/19/23 at 7:50 am to Locoguan0
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Used to teach the novel to eighth graders.
That's when I read it. Hard to imagine it was just several years removed from the movie.
Posted on 5/19/23 at 10:02 am to Midget Death Squad
I know what im watching this weekend. Havent seen it in ages, but i think i recall seeing it on one of the streaming services, maybe amazon or hbo.
Posted on 5/19/23 at 10:42 am to dgnx6
Looks like its streaming a few places
Posted on 5/19/23 at 11:37 am to Midget Death Squad
The cast ended up being a disservice to the movie overall. It is like a bunch of male models all trying to act poor and gritty...maybe you can believe one or two, but not all of them.
Posted on 5/19/23 at 7:55 pm to BabysArmHoldingApple
Cruise and Lowe definitely didn’t have the greaser look.
Posted on 5/19/23 at 8:22 pm to Pedro
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not signing up with the username "Pony Boy" is one of my biggest regrets
"Stay golden, Pedro" doesn't quite have the same ring to it.
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