It's the offseason... Let's talk Scent of a Woman

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ADMIRALSTOCKDALE

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The dean was an ***, but so were the classmates. Why was it such a big deal that he not just say he saw them damaging the dean's Jag? I'm all for not "being a snitch" but that doesn't really seem to apply here.
I was watching the movie and thinking that while I liked it (Pacino was a little over the top) I decided that the whole dilemma was kinda dumb.
I think I say that I saw them. They were dicks anyway.
Thoughts?
 
I think the movie was less about how important it is not to be snitch and more about how rich, powerful, connected people rarely are help accountable. Too many real life examples to count.
 
I like the part when they stand on the desks and yell "O Captain My Captain" at Pacino. Or when Chris O'Donnell mashes that chicks number on the window and tells that guy, "Well, I got her number - HOOAH!!!!"
 
Actually, that's a pretty fair point, Admiral. Much of the movie was over the top emotionally, but somehow it sorta worked.

I guess the boy was on the horns of a dilemma. If he rats out the other students, he may get to stay in school but he'll be a pariah.
 
the thread has derailed nicely. there are tons of examples from Heat, whether it's "you can get killed walking your doggy" or "she's got a great, big ***, and you've got your head all the way up it". however, back on topic....
would he really have been being a "snitch" to have told the dean what he saw that night?
 
The moral dilemma works the more that you think about it. On the one hand, the guys that he's sticking up for are ******, entitled little pricks who deserve to be nailed to the wall. On the other hand, he distinguishes himself by sticking to the group, even when his loyalty costs him and the group deserts him. The idea was to give the character a chance to be moral in a near vacuum, which it did well.
 
My understanding was that it was some sort of washable, nasty goop (i.e. stuff that would make the Dean look stupid, but not ruin his car or hurt him). I assumed this because the rich kids were smart enough to pull crap that they could get away with; ruining a new $80,000 car prompts an investigation that's hard to escape.

I am inclined to agree on the idea of turning them in because they deserved it, but the critical point is the fact that he agrees to keep quiet as a part of the group. Keeping that commitment, particularly in light of the Dean's attempt to bribe him, is the moral part. If he had seen them do it from afar and then refused to name the guilty parties when asked, he would just be wrong.
 
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