tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post4343943944327352429..comments2023-07-18T03:44:33.021-07:00Comments on The Bit Maelstrom: Monsieur Lazharblakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-66655368103588671932012-05-06T09:37:07.124-07:002012-05-06T09:37:07.124-07:00I think you're right about the intended messag...I think you're right about the intended message but violence to them was basically typical boy behavior. <br /><br />But compound that with the fact that the teachers can't even be human, and to some degree that played a role in the suicide. <br /><br />I also don't think Lazahr would've been tolerated long, regardless of his qualifications and despite his teaching skills. He was a restaurateur, presumably not beyond high-school educated, but he was perfectly capable of doing the job.<br /><br />The whole thing seemed supremely dysfunctional.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-19786375013092872912012-05-06T06:01:33.994-07:002012-05-06T06:01:33.994-07:00This movie is really a scathing indictment of the ...<i>This movie is really a scathing indictment of the Canadian educational system, though I don't know if the moviemakers are aware of that.<br /><br /></i>I think you're oversimplifying. There were no innocents in this movie. And the students actually seemed pretty intelligent and well adjusted, so we can hardly condemn the school system.<br /><br /><i>About the most horrible thing in the world to them is violence.<br /><br /></i>But what was their understanding of violence? To them it was just a word for behaviors they didn't like. The problem with the teachers and the society they inhabited was that they had no exposure to actual violence. They were naive in this respect.<br /><br />Mr. Lazhar, and the students, seemed to have a better understanding of it than anyone else. One of the kids is even shown being irritated by their parent's concern.<br /><br />I think if this movie has a message, it's that children are a lot stronger than we give them credit for. Yes, they have emotional outbursts, but that's not because they are hurt particularly badly, just that they haven't learned to control their feelings yet.Jason (the commenter)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16045360562791361484noreply@blogger.com