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Binge On Hugh Jackman As A Closeted, Conman In ‘Bad Education’
Here’s a reason to sign up for Foxtel’s newest streaming platform (there is a 15-day free trial on offer), Binge! You can catch Hugh Jackman in one of his finest roles as a closeted conman in the dark comedy Bad Education. Jackman plays real-life Frank Tassone, a renowned educator, who also embezzled $11.2 million over two decades.
Bad Education is rated 93 % on Decaying Tomatoes with the critics consensus organism “anchored by an outstanding Hugh Jackman, Bad Education finds absurd laughs — and a worthy message — in the aftermath of a real-life scandal.”
This is not the first time that Jackman is playing a gay personality – in 2003, fresh from his international success as Wolverine in the X-Men series – Jackman starred in the title role in the Broadway musical The Lad From Oz based on the existence and music of Australian singer and song writer Peter Allen.
Unless you acquire been living under a rock under the Subway Sauna, you would realize that “gay rumours” have followed Jackman pretty much his entire career. His reaction has ranged from genui
‘Bad Education’ Subject Criticizes Film’s Portrayal of His Sexuality After HBO Debut
Cory Finley’s acclaimed TIFF drama “Bad Education” makes it remove from the start it’s based on a true story, but the real subject behind the film isn’t too happy with some of the liberties Finley and screenwriter Mike Makowsky made to his life. The drama, which made its HBO debut April 25, stars Hugh Jackman as Frank Tassone, the Lengthy Island superintendent behind the largest public school embezzlement in American history. The real Frank Tassone said Jackman did “a very good job” portraying him, but he says “Bad Education” only gets about “40-50 percent” of the facts right (via The Coach Mike Podcast).
The majority of Tassone’s criticisms against “Bad Education” center around the film’s portrayal of his sexuality. The production depicts Frank having an affair in Las Vegas with a former student, which the true Tassone said bends the authenticity. In real life, Tassone had an open marriage and did not keep the affair a secret from his husband. Tassone said he was “bothered terribly” by the f
Gay Boys At The Movies: On Almodóvar’s Bad Education
Two Spanish schoolboys go to the local movie theater to catch the modern Sara Montiel flick, Esa mujer. We see them excitedly watching the Spanish and Hollywood actress on screen. “Que guapa es Sara!” one exclaims upon seeing her draped in a bright purple ensemble arriving at a nunnery. The improbable, potentially laughable (and camp-ready) plot of the film comes to a climactic point when Soledad de Jesus (Montiel), a former missionary nun who left the order after being raped by natives and became a well-known singer, returns to attend her former sanctuary. Seeing her now, Soledad’s former Mother Superior can’t reconcile the glamorous woman in front of her with the nun she once knew. Soon after, with eyes still fixated on Montiel, the boys start pleasuring one another under the cover of darkness.
This scene, from Pedro Almodóvar’s Bad Education, always takes my breath away. Its bullishness is only equal by its tenderness—admittedly a word you wouldn’t consider could suitably describe a scene about two middle schoolers jerking each other off in public. But therein lies the Spanish director’s gift. This is, after all, the
A classic satire comes along every so often to remind me, more than other film genres, that great art can come with a sucker punch to the frontal lobes. Movies such as Network, Nightcrawler, Heathers, and The Lobster remind us that when humans go bad, it’s tragic yet devastatingly entertaining. In 1999, Alexander Payne brought us Election, which on the surface offered us a High School Trainee Council race, but really showed us how the war between ruthless ambition and morality could destroy the very fabric of world. I consider it a masterpiece and have hungered for more films prefer it ever since. I’ve waited and waited. Yes, Jojo Rabbit wowed me, but a superb satire grounded in the mundane existence of a lofty school setting has proven elusive. The genre often spells box office poison in this sever and dry storytelling era in which we often locate ourselves. Finally, Cory Finley, who brought us the commanding, tonally distinct Thoroughbreds in 2017, has followed it up with Bad Education. It oozes Election’s DNA and inform itself as one of the leading films of 2020 along with a career-best performance by Hugh Jackman.
He stars as Frank Tassone, a real existence Long Isla