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"Now there's a school that self-destructed, not because society didn't care, but because the school was society." Now that's deep

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No 412 - Heathers Director - Michael Lehmann So.... another film which I've never seen and which is hyped (subliminally, every day) by a filmy person what I massively respect... This time the excellent Blog Your Turn Heather . This is the pitchest of black comedies in the most ludicrous of '80's get ups. I mean seriously, seriously 80's It is a story which has been echoed time and time again (the most obvious example is Mean Girls ... which is also excellent, but which borrows an awful lot from Heathers) - however, whilst we get the same old story of the popular kids and the people who subsequently become popular.... whilst we learn that power corrupts.... we get another little element MURDER ! In order to pull these multiple murders off they're covered as suicides and fortunately happen in the most accepting and glib town ever. No one really seems to bat an eyelid as people die left right and centre... the glibness runs through everyone, not just the children... b...