poverty, i saw stereotypical 'ghetto kids' plopped down into what seemed to be a suburban school setting.
yeah, i've heard of low turnout too, but never *no* turnout.
i was also reminded of the pictures of the abandoned supplies/equipment in the detroit system. but detroit isn't what was presented here. the school in this film was actually Mineola HS in Long Island NY.
That school has an upper middle class demographic, and to film there rather than in some more decaying school (or having the set designers 'ghettoize' mineola) was an editorial choice -- so I'm wondering what the significance of that choice was.
I don't think the film was about 'the ghetto' which is why the kids were so weirdly a ghetto/suburbia hybrid. what low-income area has a store full of, i believe it was a lot of decorative lamps that the hero was looking at on one of his evening strolls? a store full of decorative home interiors in the 'ghetto', with 15-year-old prostitutes in short black dresses standing outside?
where is this story located?
it's just odd and has to be deliberate.
i also think the choice of presenting the child as sexualized and inviting the audience to be voyeur/pedophile is also deliberate, but not sure what the point is.
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