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Culture
Turning Back Time: High School Films
Dive into the thoughts of both students and teachers of Liberty North to see how high school movies and TV shows have adjusted through the years.
written by: Maia Gaddis
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“I wish they show the dynamic of what a igh school is a topic that has been positive or negative relationship may look like. It portrayed in both movies and TV shows would be good to know how to identify whether alike. The recent series, Euphoria, has or not that friendship or relationship is positive been gaining popularity along with showing or negative. It’s good to know ways to get out of it audiences a new point of view on the theme of that are realistic. Relationships are really big for high school. From happy to sad, terrifying to students and it would be beneficial to promote exciting, nerve-wracking to calming, films strive what they look like,” social studies teacher to connect with their audiences on a deeper Callene Farrel said. scale. The only thing that may Having insight on what be lacking is the realism students may be getting “Maybe people are between these popular into is good but that films and the real world. nostalgic about high school may not be the film “I think that high school producer’s goal. vs. the films can be pretty ‘cause it’s the last time in their The producers different because I feel life that they get to dream,” may have certain like there is much more aims for how the drama in high school Euphoria actress Sydney Sweeney said. audience should be films than there is in real feeling by the time these life. How the actors portray films reach the screens. the characters and showing what “I don’t think these films have gotten they are going through can be similar to what more realistic over time. High school films are people might be going through in actual school,” supposed to portray a fantasy of what school can sophomore Lia Nickel said. While some films are hitting the genre of drama, be. It allows little kids to believe what high school is going to be like. It can be a big fake out when other themes may be missing. One of these you actually get to high school though,” junior includes realism and how TV shows and movies Sophie Volk said. may present the issues we encounter in real life.
High School Films Over the Years
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
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Euphoria (2019-Present)
Freedom Riders (2010)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Girl Meets World (2014-2017)
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