Word: misfitting
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...carpe diem call - and seized the day by enrolling in film at the Victorian College of the Arts in 1996. (Elliott's friend and former classmate Glendyn Ivin took out the Palme d'Or for short film at Cannes last year with another deadpan tale about a suburban misfit, Cracker...
...theoretical physics. For such thoughtful students, the type who would seem to require moments of solitary reflection, we are rarely alone. And when we are alone, we almost never spend the time reflectively. Assuming that eating a solitary meal in the dining hall is something that only a social misfit would do, we bring along a newspaper or a book “just in case” we find ourselves without dining partners. The lonely breakfast is acceptable, especially if it’s before 9 a.m. But dinner? Unthinkable. The few solo dinners I’ve survived...
...more," says Hall. Instead, God asks Joan to stop underachieving, to learn chess, to get a part-time job--the Lord as almighty guidance counselor. God explains that by bettering herself, Joan sets off chain reactions that help others: in chem class, for instance, she befriends a school misfit who knows where her brother can get a car outfitted for paraplegics...
Todd Graff leaps offstage with his cinematic directorial debut, Camp. Hailed as the Fame for a new generation, it lives up to its promise as a feel-good, energetic flick about misfit kids who sing and dance their way to a sense of community at a stereotypical theater camp. The requisite gay boys bunk together, with Robin de Jesus’ Michael, a self-doubting Latino, providing the stand-out performance of the film. Joanna Chilcoat plays Ellen, a love-lorn teenage girl devoted to her gay male campmates, with grace and humor, and falls for the seemingly sole straight...
Todd Graff leaps offstage with his cinematic directorial debut, Camp. Hailed as the Fame for a new generation, it lives up to its promise as a feel-good, energetic flick about misfit kids who sing and dance their way to a sense of community at a stereotypical theater camp. The requisite gay boys bunk together, with Robin de Jesus’ Michael, a self-doubting Latino, the stand-out performance of the film. Joanna Chilcoat plays Ellen, a love-lorn teenage girl devoted to her gay male campmates, with grace and humor, and falls for the seemingly sole straight camper...