You’re the man now, dog

May 18, 2009 at 11:25 PM
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This is probably my favourite scene in Finding Forrester. F. Murray Abraham, as the pompous and somewhat prejudiced teacher, gets what the young people type as pwned, pronounced owned, as Rob Brown, as the student, meets his challenge.

Finding Forrester—almost had the professor owned

On YouTube, someone thought the fictional Jamal Wallace was disrespectful to his teacher, but from memory he had already had some encounters with him at this point in the film, where it was suggested that the teacher is racist. I can think of a couple of teachers in my lifetime who were either racist or could not deal with a student potentially smarter than they were, so I felt some affinity with Brown’s character.

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This was one of my favorite coming of age movies. Forrester was not motivated by racism, he had issues with success andcurtural expectations. Mentoring Wallace gave him another chance at life.

Jack Yan replied to Zak Klemmer’s comment:
May 19, 2009
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Forrester wasn’t racist, but I think Prof Crawford had some issues.

Zak Klemmer replied to Jack Yan’s comment:
May 19, 2009
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Crawford was arogant & filled with hubris and was angry becuse he didn't receive the literary success that he believed that he deserved. His envy of Forrester was clear which make the climax of the movie.

You’re the man now, dog

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