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In this episode of the Better Learning Podcast, host Kevin Stoller is joined by co-host Matt Rogers and guest speaker Mason Pashia, Partner (Storytelling) at Getting Smart Collective, for an energetic and thought-provoking conversation centered around the 2003 cult classic School of Rock. Known for his work amplifying the voices of educators and change-makers through storytelling, Mason brings a fresh and imaginative lens to how we think about student engagement, creative expression, and nontraditional learning paths. School of Rock follows the story of Dewey Finn, a struggling musician who finds unexpected purpose—and unleashes unexpected potential—when he poses as a substitute teacher and transforms a class of rule-following prep school kids into a rock band. Together, Matt and Mason explore the film's deeper themes of passion, authenticity, and belonging in education. They reflect on how schools can create space for students to discover their identities, pursue what excites them, and challenge conventional measures of success—all while staying grounded in a mission to serve and empower every learner.   Takeaways: School of Rock highlights how stepping outside traditional curriculum and teaching methods can unlock student potential and engagement in surprising ways. Dewey Finn's enthusiasm for music becomes the bridge that allows students to connect with their interests—and with each other. Educators can harness this same power by leading with passion. The film underscores the importance of allowing students to have a say in their learning journey. When students are given autonomy, they rise to the occasion and take ownership of their growth. Matt and Mason explore how School of Rock challenges rigid definitions of success and encourages schools to recognize diverse forms of excellence—not just academic achievement.     About Mason Pashia: Mason Pashia is a Partner (Storytelling) at Getting Smart Collective. Through publications, blogs, podcasts, town halls, newsletters, and more, he helps drive the perspective and focus of GettingSmart.com. He advocates for data and collective imagination and uses this combination to launch campaigns that amplify voices, organizations, and missions. With over a decade in the storytelling sector (including brand strategy, marketing and communications, and the arts), Mason is always striving to inspire as well as inform.   Learn More About Mason Pashia: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/masonpashia/ Mason's Substack: Featuring Weekly Original Music and Poetry   Learn More About The Getting Smart Podcast: Website: https://www.gettingsmart.com/podcast/ Catching Up: A New Podcast from Getting Smart   The Third Horizon of Learning Flipping the Script: Hollywood's Role in Changing Depictions of Learning Environments         About Matt Rogers: Matt Rogers is a dynamic professional deeply committed to advancing the education industry through innovative strategies and impactful initiatives. As the Communications Manager at Kay-Twelve, he leads transformative efforts in education by revolutionizing physical learning environments and improving education through the use of media. His dedication has earned him recognition as Kay-Twelve's Core Values Employee of the Year in both 2021 and 2022, and also positioned him as one of the inaugural winners of the NexGen Awards in 2023. Matt joined the Kay-Twelve team in 2019 as an intern while attending Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University. Matt's multifaceted approach extends beyond his role at Kay-Twelve; he serves as the lead Producer for the Better Learning Podcast where they facilitate enlightening discussions that break down the silos of physical space, leadership, and culture in education.   Learn More About Matt Rogers LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-rogers-profile/       Learn More About Kay-Twelve: Website: https://kay-twelve.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kay-twelve-com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kay_twelve/       Connect with host, Kevin Stoller: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinstoller/     Episode 231 of the Better Learning Podcast Kevin Stoller is the host of the Better Learning Podcast and Co-Founder of Kay-Twelve, a national leader for educational furniture. Learn more about creating better learning environments at www.Kay-Twelve.com.     For more information on our partners: Association for Learning Environments (A4LE) - https://www.a4le.org/ Education Leaders' Organization - https://www.ed-leaders.org/ Second Class Foundation - https://secondclassfoundation.org/ EDmarket - https://www.edmarket.org/ Catapult @ Penn GSE - https://catapult.gse.upenn.edu/ Want to be a Guest Speaker? Request on our website

This week we're looking at Richard Linklater's School of Rock!Dewey Finn, an enthusiastic and somewhat obnoxious guitar player gets kicked out of his band. In his struggle to pay the rent, he ends up posing as his room mate Ned Shneebley, so he can work as a substitute teacher in a prestigious Prep school.One of the greatest family films of the last 30 years, heartwarming and inspirational, with a terrific performance from Jack Black.It was a film that parents could enjoy more than kids, but also introduced a new generation to classic rock music.Let's rock, let's rock, today.Follow us on Instagram & TikTok: @popcornheadpod

In this episode of the Over/Under Movies Podcast, join Dylan, Jason, and special guest Becka Warfel as they dive into the iconic Jack Black film "School of Rock." Explore the highs and lows of this musical comedy as they debate whether it rocks out as a classic or falls flat as a forgettable flick. From the hilarious antics of Dewey Finn to the heartwarming moments with his students, this episode will have you tapping your feet and laughing along. Tune in to see if "School of Rock" hits all the right notes or misses the mark in this entertaining discussion.Follow us on all our socials! linktr.ee/overunderpodSupport the podcast on Patreon! patreon.com/overunderpodJoin our Discord server! discord.gg/Zqev7jEnXzBusiness Inquiries: overunderpodcastshow@gmail.comGrow your YouTube channel w/ VidIQ!vidiq.com/r?code=9cFKKLPodcast Hosts: Dylan DeAngelis and Jason GongSpecial Guest: Becka WarfelIntro/Outro Music: Leva - The Vortex (Instrumental Version)Socials ---> https://linktr.ee/overunderpod

An Emmy Award nominated actor who has also graced the boards of Broadway, Eric Petersen talks about working on stage, screen and beyond and how he stays afloat in a challenging industry. Eric Petersen most recently can be seen in High Desert for Apple TV opposite Patricia Arquette, and can next be seen in Nathan Fielder's The Curse on Showtime. He also recently starred in the AMC series Kevin Can F*** Himself, alongside Annie Murphy.  A dark comedy that mixes single-cam and multi-cam shooting in front of a studio audience to re-examine the trope of the passive sitcom wife.   A veteran of television and the Broadway stage, Petersen's previous television credits include the TV Land series Kristie, Big Bang Theory, Modern Family, & Chicago Fire amongst many others. Eric was nominated for an Emmy Award for his role of Ant'ney the pigeon on Madagascar: A Little Wild.  He was also seen in the Oscar Nominated Coen Bros. film The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.  On stage Petersen has starred in the hit Broadway production and national tour of “Shrek: The Musical,” as Shrek. On Broadway he was seen in “School of Rock” as Dewey Finn and the musical “Escape To Margaritaville,” as Brick.  His additional theatre credits include productions of “Peter and the Starcather” (Broadway) and “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” (1st National Tour).  He attended Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, where he earned a degree in Acting.  Connect with Eric: @EricPete Insta @ThePortlyGentleman Fashion Insta

Jessica & Rogge discuss School of Rock. Released: 2003 Rated: PG-13 Directed By: Richard Linklater Starring: Jack Black Mike White Joan Cusack Synopsis: After being kicked out of his rock band, Dewey Finn becomes a substitute teacher of an uptight elementary private school, only to try and turn his class into a rock band. Follow us on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠flabberpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Call or Text Us & Leave a Message: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠240-668-4376⁠⁠

Jack Black è la star fallita Dewey Finn che dopo alti e bassi di successo, viene fatto fuori dalla sua band e si ritrova ad affrontare una marea di debiti e una grave depressione. In cerca di lavoro, viene assunto come supplente di musica in una classe elementare. I bambini cambieranno la sua vita e lui cambierà la loro, grazie al rock. Prendete posto in aula, vi divertirete.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"You're Tacky And I Hate You." On Monday we talked about Arnold Schwarznegger in Kindergarten Cop, so now it's time for us to talk about Jack Black in School of Rock! We're joined again by Absolute Radio DJ Dave Berry! Dewey Finn, who has been kicked out of his rock band, becomes a substitute teacher at a posh private elementary school, where he then tries to turn his students into rockstars... Arnold Schwarznegger vs Jack Black, who's your money on?***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Bobby and Steffan are joined by the incredible Jake Sharp who was most recently unleashing his inner rock god around the UK as Dewey Finn in School of Rock.  His previous credits include two appearances in Doctors as two different characters and Going Out West, which he also wrote! In the episode they find out what it's like to go on as a cover, look at how Jake prepared for an incredibly physical role like Dewey Finn and tear down clothes sizing in the UK! Our brand new online coaching service Fit2 Perform has launched!!  Check it out at www.fit-2.co.uk  Join Fit2 Perform today and start your journey towards a stronger, healthier, and more confident you!! Don't forget to leave us a rating and a review (preferably 5 stars!) and if you've got any questions you want answered, head to Instagram @fit2_talk and slide into those DM's!

This week Chris and Cheech are with guest cohost Adam Neidig at 565 Live for another episode of Poor Man's Podcast. The gang each taste and review "sLumber Party" by Logyard. In the second half we're joined by guest comedian Chris Duvall. Check both Chris and Chris out this weekend at Millvale Music Festival.Some of the topics discussed during the show are: • Millvale Music Festival • Rhythm and Brews 2023 • Grist House Stage • Best band names • School of Rock-Should we like Dewey Finn? • Job you could fake work at for a week • BS gas prices ending in 9/10ths • Sketch, improv, and stand up pros and cons • Well vs good • See Adam at Scarps • Roast battle • Back to the Future • Is Martha Stewart hottt? • Matt Ryan the analyst  • And The New News with Adam Neidig"Thanks for listening!"https://linktr.ee/Poormanspodcast

October 3rd, 2003 Jack Black brings us a memorable character named Dewey Finn who impersonates a teacher to put together a rock band. Only players he can find though are kids. We delve deep into this musical classic to debate the good and bad merits of the movie. This is an all timer that we believed everyone loved, but as we began watching we couldn't help but wonder if we have been wrong this entire time. So join us as we answer the question Does it Hold Up?  Thanks for listening. Please click the link below to check connect with us on our social media platforms and see what other great content we have available. linktr.ee/doesitholdup

On this week's episode, get ready to do the Time Warp again as I venture out of the studio and down to Sydney's Theatre Royal to talk with Ellis Dolan and Stellar Perry about the cult-smash hit musical, Rocky Horror Picture Show! Ellis plays Eddie/Dr. Scott and Stellar plays Magenta/The Usherette in the 50th Anniversary tour of the production which will also be filmed live across Australia starring Jason Donovan in the role of Frank 'N' Furter.  In true Rocky Horror fashion, this is the sauciest and most raunchy podcast episode so far. So if you're not ready to discuss sexual awakenings, first times and controversial theatre scenes, then go and watch the Rocky Horror Picture Show film and come back to us! Tickets for Rocky Horror Picture Show can be found in the link here. The production is being filmed live  into cinemas across the country for ONE NIGHT ONLY on Thursday 30 March. Get the full video of the podcast by signing up to our PATREON! Don't forget you can find all our episode information on our dedicated podcast site. Follow the link in this episode's description or follow us on the Official Podcast Instagram @ttpod_official. About Ellis Dolan Ellis Dolan (he/him) is an actor/writer originally from Scotland. He's thrilled to be portraying Eddie/Dr. Scott in the upcoming 50th Anniversary Tour of ‘The Rocky Horror Show' (Crossroad Live Aus). Previous roles include Dewey Finn (1st Cover) in the Australasian tour of ‘School of Rock' (GWB) and Professor Al in ‘Voldemort and the Teenage Hogwarts Musical Parody' (Salty Theatre). He is also a member of musical improvisation group, Impromptunes, with podcast appearances including ‘Soap Suds, No Buds' and ‘Frayed Knot'. Ellis would like to dedicate his every artistic endeavour to the memory of his dad, Kenn. Bring the funnies. About Stellar Perry Stellar Perry started performing at a young age, penning her own songs at 8, learning piano by 12, touring Germany, England, Austria and Japan at 14, and starting her first band in High School at 15. At 16, she successfully entered the national TV singing competition ‘Start Struck', and then in 2008 Stellar auditioned for ‘Australian Idol' and made it to the top 14, which she subsequently bettered with ‘X Factor' making it to the top 9. In 2020, Stellar decided it was time to really put herself out there once more. She auditioned for The Voice and true to form, brought her honesty, heart and individuality and formed a very obvious bond with her coach Delta Goodrem. Stellar made it to the grand finale and won a new legion of fans. 2022 marked a change in direction for Stellar successfully auditioning for the role of Oberon in The Lovers, directed by Shaun Rennie and produced by Bell Shakespeare at The Sydney Opera House. Show Timings 4.20: First Times & Sexual Awakenings 8:40 - Jason Donovan as Frank 13:15 - Is Rocky Horror timeless? 15:46 - Interacting with the show 22:06 - "1 Minute" Theatre Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The most easily recognized teachers in our culture are on the big screen. So when we think about good teaching, it's almost impossible not to think of Robin William's character in Dead Poets Society standing on a desk and inspiring his students. This might be part of the problem. When teaching is associated with unrealistic Hollywood characters, it can create impractical or ridiculous assumptions about what teachers do. In this episode, we hear how the stereotypes of teachers may be contributing to teachers' decisions to leave education. Music: Theme Song By Julian Saporiti “NPC Theme” by HoliznaCC0 is in the Public Domain. “Sunny Afternoon” by HoliznaCC0 is in the Public Domain.  “Infrastructure” by Scott Holmes Music is licensed under a  CC BY-NC license. “Just a Blip” by Andy G. Cohen is licensed under a CC  BY license. “Room With a View” by Jahzzar is licensed under a CC BY-SA license. Movie Clips: Freedom Writers (Paramount Pictures) Dead Poets Society (Touchstone Pictures, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) School of Rock (Paramount Pictures) Ferris Bueller (Paramount Pictures, United International Pictures) Transcript:  Episode 3: “What Would Robin Williams Do?” There is a picture-day-esqu photo on my parents' fridge of me sitting on my dad's lap. I am wearing a tie-dye shirt and my orange hair is in its natural state of an Eddie Munster widows peak. My dad is in a blue button down and has on a tie. My cheeks crowd my eyes, my smile is so big. My dad, who doesn't always smile for pictures, has a cheeky grin.    This picture was taken around the same time that my dad squatted down to eye-level with me and said: “When people ask you where you got your red hair, you tell them the milkman. Okay?”   He didn't make a big deal about telling me this. It was just a directive, and I said okay. I figured, yeah, that makes sense.    So as adults would come by, ruffle my hair and say things like, “Oh my, what pretty red hair. Where did you get hair like that?”   I'd look up at them, smile, and tell them, “The Milkman.”    They would guffaw, cough down a drink, blush, and I'd try to explain, “You know, because he delivers things.”    And they'd laugh out an “I'm sure he does!” and find my dad who would have a grin settled between his bouncing shoulders as he muffled a laugh, and my mom would say something like “G-uh, Darcy Joe”   Not to be heavy handed, but the stereotypes of what a milkman may or may not do when visiting people's homes is what makes the joke land. This joke was lost on me until high school. I didn't understand the baggage associated with being a milkman.   Language matters. Words like milkman have connotations - they carry weight or have stereotypes attached to them. That's why I can't flip someone off and say, “Why are you upset,this means joy to me.” There are too many representations of middle-fingers that situate the digit as a symbol of the obscene. Repetition and representation give meaning.    The middle finger or terms like milkman or teacher, carry a history of expectations and stereotypes. Last episode we heard about the historical inheritance of teachers, which is significant in how we view modern teachers. But history isn't the only thing that impacts how we view teachers. Today, we're going to look at the teacher stereotypes in pop-culture and how these stereotypes can be contributing to teacher attrition. This is Those Who Can't Teach Anymore, a 7-part podcast series exploring why teachers are leaving education and what can be done to stop the exodus. I'm Charles Fournier. Here is part 3: “What Would Robin Williams Do?” Molly Waterworth: I've gotten to the point where I see any TV show or movie where some sort of plot device hinges on the inspirational teacher. And I just roll my eyes.   This is Molly Waterworth. We heard from her last episode, and she just left education after teaching English for 8 years. She points out a stereotype of inspiring teachers in media: Molly Waterworth:I just can't.  I can't stomach it because it's so saccharin. It completely obscures the fact that these inspiring teachers that are either drawn from real life or the product of someone or someone's imagination, it completely obscures the fact that their inspirational teaching is very likely the outgrowth of massive mental health deficiencies. And like a complete imbalance of where they spend their time and where they're getting like their soul fed. Inspiring teacher stories make me feel awful.    That shouldn't be the case, right? Inspirational teacher movies should INSPIRE. And they can and they do - they inspired me - but what Molly points to is a nagging reality in many inspirational teacher stories.    Dead Poets Society Clip   As you can hear in this scene from Dead Poets Society, Mr Keeting, played by Robin Williams, pushes his student, Todd Anderson.. And in this unconventional way Mr. Keeting helps Todd start to gain some confidence and see his potential. Similar scenes occur in other famous teacher movies, like Mr Holland's Opus, or Freedom Writers.    These movies project a fantasy of heroism onto education, and people love it. Inspirational teacher movies are usually underdog stories: A  teacher rails against convention and inspires and does amazing things for others no matter the personal cost. We are attracted to this as a culture. We want heroes that are selfless. We want to see ourselves as capable of being like Robin Williams' character in Dead Poets Society.  And the way these movie teachers influence kids…man, that's the dream.  But, several if not most of the teachers in those stories that inspire don't have the healthiest work-life balance. They give everything to their students - time, energy, love, inspiration. And these movie teachers inspire in the public comments like, “We need more teachers like this” or “I wish teachers would be more like (whatever movie teacher).” But we need to ask, what is expecting teachers to fit a stereotype asking of real teachers?   Think of Freedom Writers, a movie based on the real-life Erin Gruwell, who is played by Hillary Swank. She is the epitome of the inspirational teacher stereotype. Halfway through the movie, her husband leaves her because she is spending so much time focused on her students,  Freedom Writers Clip  The film creates a feeling that the husband might be unrealistic. As an audience, we're rooting for Erin Gruwell because she does amazing things - her husband points this out. And don't get me wrong, Ms.Gruwell is phenomenal and her story is amazing, but there might be danger in presenting this story as a precedent for what good teaching looks like. Yes, she is a good teacher, but at what cost? In most other films about different careers, it's likely the main character would realize that work is taking too much and family is more important, but not in inspirational teacher movies. Expecting teachers to do what Gruwell does is expecting teachers to forfeit their own lives for students. It's expecting martyrdom. This is a stereotype.   And the reality is different. Molly Waterworth: We're not martyrs, and we're not perfect. And there are things that can be said about the profession as a whole and certainly about individual teachers that needs improvement, absolutely. But I think a lot of it maybe stems from just this sense that teachers aren't entirely human - that we are saints. And so therefore, we shouldn't worry about all of these factors that are making our jobs harder, because we have this big calling on our lives that turn us somehow into people that don't have needs. This language that surrounds teaching is significant. It feeds the stereotype of selflessness, which in turn has an impact on how teachers are treated. Right now teachers are feeling burned out because this stereotype is unrealistic - it's creating an expectation that makes teachers want to leave education.  I met up with Rachael Esh at Welcome Market Hall in Sheridan, Wyoming on the eve of her very last day as a teacher. Rachael Esh:  It's a bit of a stereotype with teachers. It's like, Oh, this has been your calling since you were this age, or since this teacher impacted you. This idea of a calling is that you don't teach for the money, you do it for the kids because it is what you were meant to do. It is your destiny or purpose. A quote unquote “calling” can create a sense of guilt in teachers when they realize, crap, I'm not getting paid enough for this, which is in contrast to the narrative surrounding  teaching like Molly points out: Molly Waterworth: People don't get into this for the money, why would they? But they're in it for the kids, and they're in it for that sense of purpose and mission. That's like, “Yeah, but I also would like to be paid.” So to have a calling is to feel like teaching is more than a job, more than a paycheck, it is a clear directive from some higher power for the direction your life should take in service of others. Rachael didn't feel like that stereotype matched her experience. Rachael Esh: And I don't feel like that's usually the case. It's more of a roundabout zigzag pattern. This surprised me. I grew up wanting to be a teacher because, as Rachael said, I had some amazing teachers leave an impact on me, but I never thought teaching was my calling. It was something that sounded cool, and it was made cooler by movies like Dead Poets Society. I wrote the movie's motto, “Carpe Diem” on all of my notebooks. And I liked reading and writing and teaching people, and teaching would give me a chance to coach. Not once did I get the sky part and shine a light on my career path. It wasn't a calling, and of the 30 teachers that I interviewed, hardly any of them felt like teaching was their calling either. For Rachael and Molly, they had different plans with where their lives were going to go. Rachael Esh: So my undergrad I actually got at Ohio University in environmental biology, and so I thought I was gonna maybe do field work or something like that. Molly Waterworth: I declared my major as geography, but I did it with the intent of being able to go into the forest service. But I found out pretty quickly that I really didn't care about any of my classes. And I found out that I was going to have to take calculus and I wasn't interested in doing that. So I kind of bounced around into various humanities areas. And both Rachael and Molly landed in education because they each had a summer experience in college that put them in front of kids. Rachael took an internship teaching environmental education and Molly went to China with a group from college and got to help kids with their conversational English. They both found their way to being educators because of positive experiences teaching kids. Rachael Esh: So I knew I either wanted to go on to park service or education after working with kids then. And so it kind of just worked out that getting my degree in education was just more accessible, and I kind of wanted to separate my fun time, which was like outdoors, from my work. So I decided to kind of go into education. And I mean, the kids are never boring. So you're like, well, heck this. This beats an office job any day of the week. And when Molly returned from China, she declared first as an elementary teacher.  Molly Waterworth: I think that when I envision myself being a teacher, I thought of myself reading with kids, and talking about literature and talking about books and big ideas and stuff like that. And so at that point, I had the very obvious revelation that I should be a secondary English teacher because that would afford me that opportunity most often. So that was kind of my meandering path into into There was no bright light for either of these teachers, no calling. Nothing so profound. Like most people, they stumbled onto their desire to do a job because they took advantage of an opportunity and realized, “Hey, this isn't bad.” And Teaching wasn't a last option for either of them. They weren't failing at other things in life, which is tied to another stereotype of teaching. If teachers aren't depicted as martyrs, they're often seen as selfish or deviant or lazy or dumb or boring, like in Ferris Bueler's Day Off. Ferris Bueller Clip And this image of teachers perpetuates the idea that teaching is a last ditch option for people that can't do anything else. This stereotype often leads to a willingness to discredit teachers as experts in their field. Not being seen as experts in their field is a major reason teachers gave for leaving teaching.  For Molly or Rachael, they became teachers by choice. They didn't need to fall back to something easier. It wasn't a School of Rock scenario, where Jack Black's character, Dewey Finn, hits rock bottom before becoming a long term sub proving that someone with no qualifications can be a better teacher than trained and dedicated teachers - a trope that we see over and over again.  In the film, Jack Black's character even draws attention to a common saying that is tied to education.  School of Rock Clip Dylan Bear is a PE teacher in Pinedale, WY. We sat at a picnic table in front of his house with a view of the Wind River Mountain Range, while we drank coffee, snacked on a loaf of banana bread he was gifted from a student, and talked about these sayings and images surrounding education.  Dylan Bear: I think another thing, we've gotten a lot of quotes, like funny quotes in the society, like, oh, teachers, they take these jobs for June, July and August. I think that's something that needs to stop.  What Dylan has noticed is the negative lens with which culture and Hollywood has viewed teachers. Like I mentioned earlier, we stereotype teachers as good or bad, the marty/savior type that saw teaching as a calling or the boring/lazy person who saw teaching as a backup plan.  But, Dylan, like Molly and Rachael, didn't see teaching as a calling. He didn't see teaching as a fall back career either. Dylan Bear: So I started off as an engineer, and those were just not my people. And I was looking more for a little more social environment, a little more high energy versus analytical, consistently, day in and day out. And so I went from engineering to math in secondary math education because I liked working with kids. And then after a few years of that three years deep, looking at all the papers all the time, I just couldn't do it, so I switched from math. I was actually sitting in Prexy's Pasture and Laramie. And the special ed teacher came and sat down next to me and she said, What are you thinking about? Instead, there was my longboard. I said, I don't know if I can do math the rest of my life. Would you rather be teaching math or out playing a field, you know, and I thought like instantly. Dylan would rather be out in a field. Teaching was a good path for Dylan - not a calling and not a last ditch option. He takes his job seriously, and he is someone that plans on teaching for some time. And when Dylan started feeling a little burned out, he moved towns and got a change of scenery, so that he could keep teaching. He isn't naive to the reality of burning out or how difficult the job is, nor is he jaded in thinking that anyone could do this job. The key word here is reality. The reality of a teacher is that teachers are human, not a stereotype. We make mistakes and we have successes and we make some profound impacts on kids and we make some mediocre impacts on kids.  Dylan Bear: Some teachers are really good, and some are really lazy. And some kids are really good, and some are really lazy. So it's like, we don't want to paint a broad brush over everybody. And I think sometimes we do an education because there's so many people in education. It's like one of the leading job forces out there. So you hear these stories that are negative about one or two teachers, and then you say all I'm doing the same with kids. I hate when people say, kids are always on their phone. It's like, no, no, some kids are on their phones. Some of them are waiting for you to talk and give them a good lesson. I think education gets those broad brushes which devalue people. And that's a dangerous world.  Dylan recognizes the need for grace and the danger of broad generalizations of any groups. He recognizes the fact that people are human, but sometimes we only get a snapshot of education, which creates these generalizations that feed into the stereotype of teachers as either good or bad. Dylan experienced this first hand when he had a student continuously refuse to take off his hat.  Dylan Bear: I was like, This is absurd. So I'm a climber, and so he was playing badminton, and I popped his hat off and ran up and jumped up the basketball hoop and climbed in the rafters and hung it from like, the highest point in the gym, like, 50 foot up. And yeah, not very smart, but it was like, I didn't think about it, but kids Snapchatted it. And all the kids came like, “Oh, we saw you but it was out that was so funny. That it's like you have to be aware of that.”  The snapchat of Dylan only includes his climb. It doesn't include the warnings he gave the student from that day and previous days. It doesn't include Dylan's positive relationship with the student and the students' family, or all of the normal/positive interactions Dylan has with his other students, or the mundane aspects of his job that he does everyday. The Snapchat lacks context, and this is how stereotypes begin and are fed. A single image becomes the representation of the whole - even if it is a fragment of the reality.   This is the kind of thing that becomes an overgeneralization - a stereotype of teachers. These stereotypes are on social media and in movies and they contribute to cultural narratives about education that are unrealistic. Some of these glimpses and snapshots might be part of what teachers expected education to be, which is misleading and could be contributing to the disillusionment leading to teachers quitting. Here's Molly again. Molly Waterworth:  I think that the image probably came from a couple of places, a selective memory of my high school and middle school classrooms. So thinking back to those good experiences that I had as a student, I was like, “Okay, I want to create that for other people.” But I also had it in my head, the the image of the cool, thoughtful, worldly literary teacher that you see in like Dead Poets Society or any number of  other movies like that - opening up doors and exploring identity and figuring out who we are all along the way.  Dead Poets Society Clip I love Dead Poets Society, and Freedom Writers, but I remember telling my wife, after our first week in real teaching jobs: “This sure as hell isn't Dead Poets Society.” I had been fooled with what teaching would actually be, and this is also an image of what the public seems to see of educators. They want the engaging classroom, the teacher that inspires, and don't we all. Or they expect the lazy, boring, slacker who got into teaching because their real goals didn't pan out. But education is more complex than a movie.  Molly Waterworth:  The crushing reality of grading was something that I hadn't quite prepared myself for. I think that I knew going into teaching, because obviously, you know, that you're going to have to grade and that's part of the job. So the grading part was overwhelming. You never see in movies, like staff meetings, or having to figure out the copier or the deeply existentially difficult process of figuring out the culture of the building in your first year. Just the kind of mundane but deeply tangible on a daily basis struggle of making sure that everything fits in your lesson plan. Like that's not glamorous. But it's, it's the part that makes or breaks you as a teacher of just balancing the day to day and making sure that you're hitting your standards and teaching the stuff that you don't care about, but you have to do anyway. Like, Robin Williams isn't gonna do that. I would love to have a b-roll version of Dead Poets Society where Robin WIlliams' character, John Keating, sits for 4 hours grading papers, intermittently standing up to stretch, get a coffee, shake his head and mumble things like, “I swear we went over that.” Molly Waterworth: You never see an inspiring teacher movie where they are tracking missing assignments. You never see them answering the onslaught of emails at the end of the semester, asking how to get my grade up. You never see that. You see the inspiring parts and that's it. Never the work that it takes to get there. So we see teachers that either act as martyrs like Keating who, don't forget, gets fired at the end of the film after a student kills himself, or we see teachers that make real teachers cringe. Molly Waterworth:  I remember watching Glee when that was out.  And it was not just unrealistic, but it was just so I thought it was insulting the way that the teachers were showing their like, as just unserious. Too involved in teenagers' lives. And, like, really, really concerned about both of those things. That I was just I couldn't do it. I couldn't put up with it.  And again, why does this matter? Why does it matter that depictions of teachers are unrealistic? It honestly wouldn't matter if these depictions didn't seep into how teachers are currently being treated. If the cultural view of education remained realistic. But this is how stereotypes work. We may recognize a stereotype as wrong or dangerous, but they can still seep into our behavior.  And they influence what parents expect from teachers, what students expect from teachers, and even what teachers expect from themselves. If teachers buy into the stereotypes, they may be striving for a sense of perfection and martyrdom that is unhealthy and unrealistic. So it's up to us, all of us, to push against these stereotypes. Like any other cultural stereotype, we need a massive cultural shift in how we think about teachers, which often starts with how we represent and talk about teachers.  Unless we become conscious of our biases or of these stereotypes, things won't change, and in the context of teaching, teachers will continue to quit.  The misconceptions surrounding teachers and education are very much influenced by what folks see on a consistent basis. This isn't to say that there haven't been realistic depictions of teachers. I love Tina Fey's character in Mean Girls. She was quirky and smart and imperfect. Her character felt more real to me, but this is an outlier in teacher representations.  Stephanie Reese: Culturally, I think the media shows teachers as “Man, they just work tirelessly.” You might recognize Stephanie's voice from last episode. I met up with her at Blacktooth Brewery in Cheyenne, she's the general manager there. Stephanie taught PE from kindergarten to college, and she left education after 8 years. She points out how some of the perceptions of education bleed into the expectations placed on teachers.  Stephanie Reese: They just love what they do so much. They love kids. They're willing to put in all these extra hours, because they just love what they do. And they're okay with that. And, and that doesn't actually give teachers a voice. And that, to me is bullshit because teachers are tired, they're exhausted, they're stressed to the max there. Some may love it. And fine. If you have that intrinsic motivation to love something without getting anything back. That's amazing. You are a superhero.  When being a teacher is associated with loving kids as Stephanie points out, does that mean that leaving education means a loss of love for the kids? Or that not wanting to put in the extra hours is because teachers don't love the kids? This rhetoric is dangerous and it isn't helpful when thinking about why teachers are leaving. When teachers decide to leave education, they often hear, “You can't, you're so good for the kids” or something to that effect. This is said in praise, but it actually ignores what teachers are dealing with and it pushes this cultural stereotype that teachers ought to be willing to give everything for the kids. The reality is, the list of what teachers do, the extra work teachers have, is tremendous and all of that work rarely makes it into films. Here's Dylan. Dylan Bear: It's funny when you asked me to do this, I looked up, like, what are the job requirements for teachers and there was like, on the, on the description, it was, like 30 bullet points. It was incredible, like, lift 50 pounds, walk 100 yards. When Does anyone do that? We think teachers are just this, like square. But it's not, it's this open ended job that you can work your tail off forever, you know, or you can do the minimum and you still get paid the same. So it's like, I think a lot of people want to know, like, here's your job, and here's what you're gonna get for it. And that's not the case in teaching.  And that list of job requirements is long and ambiguous and continuously added to. A big portion of what it means to be a teacher isn't simply “to teach” or “to inspire.” It's to manage a huge amount of expectations, which doesn't often get included into the stereotype of teachers, and if it does, it's only for a moment.  Stephanie had strong thoughts about what teachers are expected to do.  Stephanie Reese: This isn't going to be a positive one, Charles, I hope that you're not like, brace yourself, right? I'm not gonna sit here and say, oh, yeah, teachers are here to inspire teachers are here to you know, try to spark some sort of love or interest in something and help every single kid and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, like all that sugar coated shit. Fine. That might be the case. But to me, and I know a lot of teachers who agree, it's babysitting. So our roles are just sit tight, do your best, try to get in something that's worth value. Or maybe try to teach his kids to be decent human beings.    The stereotype often clashes with the reality of teaching. Still many teachers try to live up to the inspiring teacher stereotype, which can be contributing to the sense of burnout lots of teachers are experiencing.  Many teachers, whether they intended to or not, have wrapped their identity around education, which is kind of a cultural expectation - they are one with the school. This can make being in public and trying to have a personal life kind of awkward especially in small towns.  Rachael Esh:Anywhere we would go. I'd be like, I can't go there. All my kids are gonna be there, you know? Or like, do you want to go bowling? No, I don't want to go bowling. So I have to talk to seven of my students online, like no, like, you know, so there's just places that I don't even want to go because I just get bombarded with children. Which is, I love them. But you know, you want to like, be away from work for a while and you're like, I've done this all day. I want adult time. It's adult time now. they'll walk by when I'm having a beer. I'm like, don't, don't you look at me.  The teacher advocating for healthy boundaries or focusing on mental health in a genuine way is not a common teacher stereotype in pop-culture. This has only started bubbling up more recently on social media with teachers and former teachers drawing attention to their struggles in the classroom. There have even been some new television shows that have started to address what teachers are struggling with. They are pushing against the stereotypes. This kind of representation can help restructure how we think about and discuss teachers.  Seeing teachers as stereotypes either creates standards so high it is absolutely unrealistic or we are creating a villain to be a scape-goat for all of our worldly problems. Both of these images are contributing to teachers leaving the profession, and both of these images are very common cultural tropes. To break free from stereotypes, we need to first recognize they are there and how they are working.  I teach about stereotypes when I teach rhetoric. One of my favorite lessons to teach is about binary opposition. We get to address stereotypes and how we, as humans, often categorize ideas and language into this or that, and how such categorization is often a logical fallacy.  Here's a quick look at how the lesson goes.  I start by asking students what a binary star system is, then draw it on the board. Binary stars are two stars that orbit each other. They rely on each other for survival. If one dies, the other dies. In this binary, one star is larger than the other, it carries more weight. Even so, if the other star dies, the larger star will also die.  How we categorize language and ideas is similar. Things are good or bad, and we often privilege one side of that opposition. And we wouldn't know good without bad. The poet Wallace Stevens wrote, “Death is the mother of Beauty,” which means, without death, we wouldn't know beauty.  At this point, a few of the students are nodding, others are usually staring, but as I move around the room, their eyes all follow me. This is when you know that you've got ‘em. Now, I move to the board again and ask the students to picture the perfect and stereotypical 1950s couple. I give a few seconds - they don't need long. Then I ask, “So, who are they?” Right away, students establish a white, able-bodied couple, made up of a man and woman. This is when I turn my back, marker ready, and say, “Okay, tell me about the woman.” They yell over each other rattling off the same image of a blond-haired, blue-eyed woman with a light color poodle skirt, wearing minimal makeup. She cooks, cleans, and takes care of children. Her only vices are gossip and the occasional cigarette. I then have the students describe the man. He's tall, has dark hair, wears a dark suit, and works in an office. His vices include drinking, smoking, fighting, and adultery.  In less than two minutes, my students always describe Don and Betty Draper perfectly. Then we continue with other opposing stereotypes under men and women. We agree that these are stereotypes as a class, but I point out that they came up with these opposing lists in about 5 minutes total. It takes that long because I can't write as fast as they yell out ideas. I tell them, even if they don't believe in these stereotypes, they are ingrained in their brains because of the culture in which we live, and if they're not careful, they might unconsciously let them dictate their behavior At this point, I pause the class and take a different colored marker and circled  qualities on both sides of the list. Then I tell the students, these are things that make up who I am. I have a lot of qualities under both men and women circled: I cry more than my wife, I am emotional, I like to cook, I'm terrible with vehicle maintenance, but I am also a woodworker, I was an industrial ironworker,  I've been in fights, I was a college wrestler. We talk about monoliths, and the reality that in a binary, most people live in the gray. We're not one or the other, and that doesn't make us less-than.  Even so, we tend to categorize ideas based on binary opposition.  Thinking back to the binary of men and women, I ask the students who is good and who is bad. Kids argue and defend, but we don't have a consensus. Then I ask who wears what on a stereotypical wedding day. Men wear black, black is associated with bad. Women wear white, which is associated with good, (which is problematic in its own right).  Inevitably one of the students says this isn't fair.  They're right - it isn't. That's the danger of binary logic, of assuming things are either good or bad. It creates an all or nothing scenario and double-standards.Binary logic is a fallacy.  Now, if we only think of teachers as either good or bad, we are forcing them into unrealistic stereotypes.  When teachers are associated with being martyrs, saints, nurturers, or people following a calling, and if all of this is seen and represented as good, then as soon as a teacher doesn't want to give their life to education or be like the teachers in the inspirational movies, then there is a cultural damnation that they must be bad or selfish or deviant or lazy or mean. It sounds ridiculous, but teachers are either leaving because the expectations for being a teacher are more than what they're willing to give, or they are seen as lazy and unintelligent. Either way, teachers are leaving as a result. As my students point out every single year, binary logic is simplistic and unfair and most things aren't simple enough to be one or the other. But, this is often how we interpret the world, it's good or bad, Democrat or Republican, wrestling or basketball. You get the idea.  So what can be done? As I said earlier, we need to first recognize that there is a stereotype and why that stereotype might be dangerous. Then, the next step would be to listen to real teachers and be able to differentiate stereotypes from reality.  The way teachers are talking about leaving education is not cinematic, it's real, and it's happening.  Unlike the stereotype, real teachers are listening to their friends and family.  Molly Waterworth: And I was talking about it with Ryan, and he was like,” Molly, you cannot keep teaching. You just can't because it ruins it ruins you emotionally.” And I'm like, Yeah, you're really right because I live for months with just dread, dread, and exhaustion. And you don't want to see anybody that you love feel that way. And it sometimes it takes that external viewpoint of like, No, this is wrecking you to to actually recognize that like, Oh, this isn't just something that I feel internally terrible about. It's obvious to other people. So this is a problem. They realize that education doesn't have to be a life sentence of martyrdom.  Rachael Esh:  I've given this job and these kids everything that I have, and I don't have anything left. And that's just the reality. And it's like, I had to pick myself over them. And it's, it's like, I love them dearly, and I care about them. But I can't put my mental health on the backburner for the rest of my life.  When people decide to become a teacher, I think everyone thinks like, oh, my gosh, you're a teacher, and you're going to be my kids teacher. And you're going to be a teacher forever. And like, that's your, that's your identity.  I've always felt like  this wasn't necessarily my forever career, like some people have. I was like, I'm gonna do this and I want to see how it goes. And the first few years, I was like, yes, like this is, this is my jam. I'm learning so much. I just started thinking I was like every year is just the same. I'm like  a permanent sixth grader, and I was like, I am not the kind of person that can stay in a job for 30 years if I don't have any room to grow in it. I just started seeing that cycle. And, when summer comes, it's like, such a huge relief. And then when you start going back to school, just the anxiety about thinking about that already. I was like, no, I would rather have a job all year that I am not going to be completely stressed out about.  What I heard teachers tell me is that they are dynamic humans, not cultural stereotypes. I feel that too. Teachers live in that liminal gray space in-between, just like everyone else. They are neither wholly good nor bad. So it would be great to see a cultural shift, teachers included,  in how we discuss teachers - it can start by framing them as complex humans rather than cultural tropes. This will include allowing teachers to voice concerns they have about the profession, so that things can be addressed and we can keep great teachers.  Now, a common cultural reaction to this last statement and to teachers airing their grievances in general, is to say that, “Well, they're just whiners.” So, if this was your reaction, it is a good time to review that lesson on binaries. If you thought the teacher sharing a concern was a whiner, then it seems like  you would prefer that teacher to remain silent. To, in essence, be a martyr. But just like binary logic, expecting teachers to be martyrs is not helpful and is based in stereotypes.  So it would be worth reflecting on our own stereotypes about teachers, and try to humanize them. They really are just humans. But if folks continue to struggle to separate real-life teachers from the stereotypical, dramatized, fictionalized, news-worthy, or social-media teachers, we'll continue to struggle with holding onto brilliant teachers who won't fit into the restrictive categorization.    Next time, we will talk about the purpose of public education. Many teachers are leaving because our country cannot reach a consensus on what public education is for and who it's for.  That will be next time on Those Who Can't Teach Anymore. Thank you for listening. Be sure to subscribe to our podcast, leave a review, and share episodes with everyone you can think of. This episode was produced by me, Charles Fournier. It was edited by Melodie Edwards. Other editing help came from Noa Greenspan, Sarah-Ann Leverette, and Tennesee Watson. Our theme song is by Julian Saporiti. All other music can be found on our website. A special thanks to Rachael Esh, Molly Waterworth, Dylan Bear, and Stephanie Reese for taking time to sit down and chat with. This podcast is funded in part by the Fund for Teachers Fellowship. With movie clips from Freedom Writers (Paramount Pictures), Dead Poets Society (Touchstone Pictures, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures), School of Rock (Paramount Pictures), Ferri Bueller (Paramount Pictures, United International Pictures)  

Beetlejuice will forever hold a very special place in my heart. Every Saturday morning, Beetlejuice was my go-to cartoon, and my VHS of the movie practically melted from being watched so much. I had the action figures, the soundtrack, and the Halloween costume (as a child and as an adult). It wasn't only my quintessential gateway horror movie, but it also shaped a lifelong unapologetic appreciation for all things weird and macabre. The movie had a “lightning in a bottle” combination of a devilishly rebellious spirit and a singularity of vision that introduced the world to the wonders of Tim Burton. It was and forever will be an iconic and magical movie and a very important part of me.  The movie is just as sacred to countless others for all of the same reasons, which is likely why the Beetlejuice sequels and remakes have remained in production hell for decades. How can you possibly reimagine a classic that means so much to so many people? The answer: turn it into a musical. Despite being a little apprehensive at first, what struck me within the first ten minutes of Beetlejuice: the Musical was that it was developed with a tremendous amount of love and respect for the original movie. The show encompasses all of the many facets of what made the movie so great while expanding on the story in very inventive ways. It even has several nods to the cartoon, which just made me happy. This is a killer show, and I urge you to go see it if you're in the New York area. The costumes, the music, the humor, and the insanely elaborate Burtonesque sets and visuals are an overwhelming and blissful experience for fans of the original, plus the anarchistic spirit of lewdness and rudeness from the movie is retained in full force. The show will be on tour beginning in December so if you can't make it to New York, check and see if it's coming your way at: beetlejuicebroadway.com/tour. The show is ignited by the performance of Alex Brightman as Beetlejuice. Alex Brightman is an actor, singer, and two-time Tony Award Nominated Actor. He was nominated for his roles on Broadway as Dewey Finn in the musical adaptation of School of Rock and as the title character in Beetlejuice the Musical. After shuttering due to COVID, Beetlejuice is back on Broadway. We sat down with Alex to catch up on what the experience was like as well as how he created his take on the iconic & beloved character of Beetlejuice. Please enjoy this interview with Alex Brightman.    ----- Produced by Simpler Media

School is now in session! Is there anything spookier than realizing summer vacation is over and school has begun? ... Well, maybe a wannabe rockstar pretending to be an elementary school substitute teacher, but that goes without saying. Did you know there's a real-life Dewey Finn?! Tune those guitars, in this episode we discuss School of Rock's field trip to Broadway and beyond!

For many teachers this week marks back to school week! So in honor of the teachers that inspire us Branson, Ben, and guest Jalaal Ahmad discussed the 2003 music comedy School of Rock! The film is directed by Richard Linklater and stars Jack Black as Dewey Finn, a man in arrested development who gets the bright idea to fake being a substitute teacher and form a band with first graders in order to win The Battle of The Bands!

Sophie (It's An S Pod Thing!) and Barbara (Over/underated: a music podcast with Babs and Fran) return to Flixwatcher remotely to review Sophie's choice School of Rock. School of Rock is a 2003 comedy directed by Richard Linklater and starring Jack Black as Dewey Finn, a failing rock musician who pretends to be his best friend Ned filling in as a substitute teacher and consequently uses his pupils to enter a Battle of the Bands competition. It also co-stars Joan Cusack as the uptight Principal ”Roz" Mullins, Sarah Silverman as Ned's nagging girlfriend and Mike White (who wrote the film) as Ned Schneebly, Dewy's best friend and the real Mr Schneebly. Not a musical but there is a stage musical adaptation it was the highest-grossing music-themed comedy of all time until 2015. If High Fidelity was Black's breakout film, School of Rock put him firmly into the mainstream and it is very much his film and still his most known and loved character.   [supsystic-tables id=246] School of Rock scored very highly for recommendability and repeat viewing from Sophie and Babs but slightly lower scores for engagement gives an overall rating of a very respectable 4.08. What do you guys think? Have you seen School of Rock? What did you think? Please let us know in the comments below! Episode #234 Crew Links Thanks to Episode #234 Crew of Sophie Davies (@ItsSophieDavies) and Bárbara Mendes-Jorge (@flame_me_up) from @SPodThing Find their Websites online at https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/its-an-s-pod-thing/id1509312862 And at https://twitter.com/greatbigowl And at https://twitter.com/OUmusicpod And at https://linktr.ee/overunderratedmusicpod Please make sure you give them some love More about School of Rock For more info on School of Rock, you can visit  School of Rock IMDb page here or School of Rock Rotten Tomatoes page here.   Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes   If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below.

Rant and Rave and Scream and Shout! From Portobello Road, to Horace Green, we return to the New Victoria Theatre this week to discuss School of Rock - it's time to Stick It To The Man! For the first time ever, join us as Danny leads Drew through this adaptation of the classic Jack Black comedy. We're Children of Rock, welcoming you to join the band, as we discuss the UK tour of School of Rock, featuring the very talented Jake Sharp as Dewey Finn and Rebecca Lock as Rosalie Mullins. Will Drew enjoy it Here At Horace Green? Will she Climb To The Top of Mt. Rock and rejoice? Or will she be left wondering “Where Did The Rock Go?” World watch out it's Time To Play! Click the link to download now! Music: purple-planet.com

Mo and Christina take on their sixty eighth rewatch, 2003's School of Rock. Join them as they discuss musical fusion, their undying love for Jack Black, and the power of rock 'n roll. Christina humbly thanks you for listening to her best Dewey Finn impression.    This episode is dedicated to the memory of Kevin Clark. We encourage you to celebrate Kevin and honour his legacy by visiting https://kevinscoda.org    Where Are We Now? With Rivkah Reyes After Playing the Gay Kid in School of Rock, an Actor Adjusts to Life Off Camera by Brian Falduto    Buy our merch on Bonfire Shop Little Lady Baby Follow us on instagram @moviesthatraisedus   Follow us on tiktok @moviesthatraiseduspod  Follow us on twitter @mtru_pod     Do you have a movie you want us to cover next? Send us a DM on instagram or email us at moviesthatraisedus@gmail.com   Thank you to our wonderful listeners for your wonderful reviews! If you want us to pick a song to play in the 2000's movie montage of your life in the next episode, be sure to leave a review on Apple Podcasts!

Eric Petersen stars in the AMC series “Kevin Can F*** Himself” alongside Annie Murphy. A dark comedy that mixes single-cam and multi-cam shooting in front of a studio audience to re-examine the trope of the passive sitcom wife while peeking into her secret life, the series was developed by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack and created by Valerie Armstrong.  A veteran of television and the Broadway stage, Petersen's previous television credits include the TV Land series “Kristie,” and voicing Ant'ney the pigeon on the hit DreamWorks' animated show “Madagascar: A Little Wild” now available on Hulu/Peacock. On stage Petersen has starred in the hit Broadway production and national tour of “Shrek: The Musical,” as Shrek, “School of Rock” as Dewey Finn, the musical “Escape To Margaritaville,” as Brick, and “Peter and the Starcatcher.”  Petersen hails from the Chicago suburb of Carol Stream, Illinois. He attended Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, where he earned a degree in Acting. He currently resides in both Los Angeles and New York with his wife and two children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dewey Finn, an amateur rock enthusiast, slyly takes up his friend's job by posing as a substitute teacher. Bearing no qualifications for it, he instead starts training the students to form a band. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bottomofthebin/message

AAAAAaaaAAAA (leiam no ritmo daquela do Led Zeppelin) QUESTIONÁVEIS! No musical e estelionatário programa desta semana, o host Guilherme Brasil é o vocalista desta rodada de Clássicos Questionáveis e escolheu o filme das aventuras de falsidade ideológica rockeiras de Jack Black: Escola de Rock! As crianças da banda titular são igualmente bem exploradas? Dewey Finn é apenas um criminoso? Qual é o Supernatural Brasileiro? Existe um musical de Escola de Rock? Você vai (mais ou menos) entender estas perguntas, descobrir grandes nomes do elenco, o que são groupies, e prestar saudações a todos àqueles prestes a rockear. Editor e baterista sem coordenação básica – Guilherme Brasil (@gui_obrasil) Arte da capa e Robert Plant do Cerrado – Daniel Lima (@TheSaladas) Supervisora de pautas e Stevie Nicks míope – Ana Paula Yera (@biquiniamarelin) Marketing e alegria da galera – Rhafael Baes (@RhBaes) Siga o Qualidade Questionável por aí! Twitter: @QualidadeQ Instagram: @qualidadequestionavel Facebook: Temos

In desperate need of rent money and still reeling from being booted from his rock band, Dewey Finn impersonates a substitute teacher at an uptight private elementary school and then decides to turn his precocious and talented class into a new band. Directed by Richard Linklater and written by Mike White. Starring Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Sarah Silverman and Miranda Cosgrove. FOLLOW US ON LETTERBOXD - Zach1983 & MattCrosby Thank you so much for listening! Please follow the show on Twitter: @GreatestPod Subscribe on Apple Podcasts / Podbean This week's recommendations: The Daytrippers (HBO Max) Attack the Block (Hulu)  

The Goods is back with its "Violent Ends" feature -- a comparison of two movies with similar setups but very different conclusions. This week, Dan and Brian review two movies centered around unconventional teachers at prestigious private schools with secret groups and surprised parents at performances. Join as Brian confronts his own feelings on nonconformity and wonders how Dewey Finn wasn't arrested. Meanwhile, Dan bemoans "The Middlebrow Slog" and writes a love letter to Joan Cusack. Music credits: RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-clean License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Got a spare $50,000 laying around? Then come join Wes and Elizabeth at Horace Green Preparatory Academy, where you too can get a comprehensive(?) music education from wannabe rockstar Dewey Finn!

Lets goooo Episode 2 Season 2! This week we are bringing you a chat with the incredible Brent Hill (Hamilton, School of Rock) and Meghan O'Shea (Singin' In The Rain, Grease). At the end of 2020 we were lucky enough to work with Brent and Meghan as Director and Choreographer for Merrily We Roll Along at WAAPA. Throughout the process we had extensive discussions on self-care and mental health as a performer, and Brent and Meghan consistently shared with us how important it is to shape an industry where the performers wellbeing is as important as the show itself. Chatting with each other we knew we wanted to bring these discussions to the podcast, so we were so keen to catch up with Brent and Meg as they further shared on this episode their experiences with burnout, boundaries as a performer, and ways of finding your own joy and creativity through long running shows. A little bit about these creatives: Brent Hill has recently been cast as King George III in Hamilton Australia, playing at the Lyric Theatre in 2021. Prior to this, he originated the role of Dewey Finn in the Australian touring cast of School of Rock. Brent has had extensive training in theatre and has been awarded numerous Green Room and Helpmann Awards for his roles in Rock of Ages, Little Shop of Horrors and School of Rock. Some of Brent's other theatre and film credits include: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Chimerica (STC), An Ideal Husband, Vivid White, The Speechmaker (MTC), Mr. Burns: a Post-Electric Play (Belvoir), Seymour/Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors (Luckiest Productions & Tinderbox Productions), Once – Seoul tour (Once UK), Leo Bloom in The Producers (The Production Company), Twelfth Night (Bell Shakespeare Company), Rock of Ages (Rock of Ages Australia),Donnatelegrams (ABC), Laid (ABC)and It's a Date (ABC). Meghan O'Shea is an Australian actor and Musical Theatre performer. In 2009 Meghan graduated from Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) with a Bachelor of Arts in Musical Theatre and later graduated from the Film and Television Studio International. Most recently, Meghan graduated from QUT Business School with a graduate certificate in Marketing and Communications. As a musical theatre performer, Meghan has appeared in the Australian tours of Singin' in the Rain, The Rocky Horror Show, A Chorus Line, and most recently as Sandy in Grease. Meghan has also worked in marketing for Crown Resorts in Melbourne, and following this was the Marketing Manager for the award winning play I Am My Own Wife. Additionally, Meghan has worked for the global media agency, OMD. Inspired by these experiences Meghan founded her own company 'Social Butterfly Digital Marketing'. If you would like to find out more about these creatives, you can follow them on instagram @brenthill and @meghan_oshea_ We'd love to hear your thoughts from this episode on our instagram @companypod, or Facebook Company Podcast. Hosted and Created by Giorgia Kennedy and Tiana Catalano Edited and Produced by David Duketis Music by David Duketis Graphic Design by David Duketis

Dewey Finn might not be the best person, but "School of Rock" is damn near perfect. Our non-sports movie for Rock-tober is "School of Rock," and the always entertaining Mike Schubert joins as guest host. We talk the charisma of Jack Black redeeming his character's flaws, steady performances by the child actors, and question a lot of the decisions made by the adults of the film.Check out Mike's podcasts: Potterless, HORSE, and Meddling Adults wherever you get your podcasts. Big Screen Sports is brought to you by Indeed and BetOnline.ag. Use promo code BlueWire to claim your welcome bonus at BetOnline.ag and go to Indeed.com/BLUEWIRE to receive your $75 credit.Episodes of Big Screen Sports drop every Monday. Get updates on the movies on the schedule by following Big Screen Sports on Twitter @Big_ScreenSport or joining the Big Screen Sports Facebook Group. Big Screen Sports is presented by Blue Wire Podcasts. Check out bluewirepods.com to find your next favorite podcast. 

This week's guest is Two-Time Tony Nominee Alex Brightman. Alex is best known for originating the roles of Dewey Finn in School of Rock and Beetlejuice in Beetlejuice The Musical. Enjoy our conversation from April 7th 2020, recorded for my live YouTube series: The SHO Must Go On...line! Recently, Alex and Kevin Brightman were the first repeat guests on the series! Check out our chat from April 26th, 2021. If you like what you heard, please subscribe, rate and review, so you can be a spy on the inside for future episodes. Thanks to all the SHOtreons and special shout-out to the SHOstopper and SHOnanigans levels. Alyssa Walles, Ashley Stasak, John Benson, Shannon Wheeler, Judy Cotner, Naomi Cotner, Lisa Michelle Martin O'Neill, Eva Fink Clausen, Andrea Gilderhus, Theresa Piliero and Julie Larkin. If This Was Your Jam, You Can Become A SHOtreon! Head Over To Patreon.Com/bwaySHO. We Do Weekly Trivia And Monthly Video Chats! It's A Fun Time, Come Check It Out. Thanks As Always To Khayle Braxton Aka Gedun For These Awesome Beats, Jelani Remy For The Beautiful Intro Riff, Alex Brightman for the SHO time promo, Chelsey Hill AKA Illustrating Diva, For The Cool Cover Art, all the wonderful guests and all of you for listening! We don't know the future of live theatre, or when Broadway will be back, but we do know it's on all of us to get through this pandemic. Wear a mask, be safe and let's take care of ourselves. @ABrightMonster / @bwaySHO / @bwaySHOpodcast / bwaySHO.com Proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network See you at the SHO! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the miniseries, The Producer's Perspective LIVE! From The Pandemic. Inspired by my podcast and check-ins with friends, I started The Producer’s Perspective LIVE! I started going live every night at 8pm with a superstar TheaterMaker to check in with them and see how they were doing and how this pandemic has affected them.  Many shared how they’ve been keeping those creative juices flowing, sharing many fun memories, raising money and awareness for The Actors Fund and other charitable organizations needing our support. We even started sharing ‘something to make you smile’ by featuring a new music video one of you in the community produced, directed, wrote, performed in! In this episode, Tony Award-winning Actor and Writer Alex Brightman joins the livestream! We chatted about the new plays that he's currently working on with collaborator and friend, Drew Gasparini, whether Beetlejuice will return to Broadway when theater reopens, and what he misses the most right now. Watch the replay of this episode: https://youtu.be/VAZjMd9GD4g Follow me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kendavenportbway Catch the next livestream LIVE: www.theproducersperspective.com/live About Alex Brightman: Alex Brightman is an American stage actor, best known for originating the role of Dewey Finn in School of Rock and the title role in Beetlejuice on Broadway, both of which earned him Tony Award nominations for Best Actor In a Musical. The Producer's Perspective LIVE! and this podcast episode was produced by Mary Elizabeth Dina. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My guest is the award-winning musical theatre director, Laurence Connor. In this special three-episode series, Laurence talks to me about his career – and the blockbuster productions he has directed all over the world for Cameron Mackintosh and Andrew Lloyd Webber. These include: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Chess, Miss Saigon, Les Misérables, School of Rock, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Phantom of the Opera, Oliver! and The King and I. He is also the director of the new Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, Cinderella.I wanted to find out how he got to where he is today, what it takes to create a critically acclaimed West End production - and the big question musical theatre actors everywhere want to know... how you get a part in one of his shows!In this second episode Laurence talks to me about:When he told Cameron Mackintosh he thought The Phantom of the Opera was 'a bit stale'.How Cameron and he audition actors - and why Cameron sometimes 'saves you from yourself'.Why casting ensembles for shows is hard.Why he wishes every young actor could see what it's like being on the other side of the casting table.What he looks for when casting young performers - and his top tips for getting a part in one of his shows.The importance of just being yourself in auditions.Where the inspiration for his Jesus Christ Superstar arena tour production came from.The incredible story of how they found the actor who played Dewey Finn in the original School of Rock production.Look out for episode three - when Laurence talks about his AMAZING challenge and prize. Coming soon!THANK YOU LAURENCE!Music credits:"Overture" from The Phantom of the Opera 25th Anniversary concert at the Royal Albert Hall"The Movie In My Mind" from the Miss Saigon Original Cast Album"I Dreamed a Dream" from the Les Misérables Live! 2010 Cast Album"When I Climb to the Top of Mount Rock" from The Original Broadway Cast of School of Rock Album"Heaven On Their Minds" from Tim Minchin Unmasked: The Platinum CollectionLaurence's website is (PLEASE NOTE: AUDIO QUALITY IS VARIABLE BECAUSE OF INTERNET ISSUES DURING RECORDING)

Alex Brightman is an actor and writer, best known for originating the role of Dewey Finn in School of Rock and the title role in Beetlejuice on Broadway, both of which earned him Tony Award nominations for Best Actor in a Musical. Other Broadway credits include Glory Days, Wicked (Boq), Big Fish, and Matilda the Musical (Michael Wormwood). Alex is also a member of the comedy group, The (M)orons, along with fellow Broadway actors/writers Andrew Kober, F. Michael Haynie, and Drew Gasparini. As a writer, Alex is currently developing two new musicals, The Whipping Boy and It's Kind of a Funny Story with his friend and writing partner, Drew Gasparini. This episode is a little different than our normal programming . . . this episode was recorded live at BroadwayCon a few weeks ago. Thanks again, Broadway Podcast Network and BroadwayCon, for having The Producer's Perspective Podcast on the stage to have this conversation. Haven't seen Beetlejuice yet? Go check it out at The Winter Garden before it closes. For tickets, click here. To keep up with Alex's antics all year long, follow him on Twitter: @ABrightMonster This week’s #SongwriterOfTheWeek is Sam Salmond! If you enjoyed the outro song in this episode, go on over to www.samsalmond.com or check him out on Instagram @samsalmond. Enjoy and thank you for coming back to our new season! Keep up with me @KenDavenportBway on Instagram. Check out my blog for daily content: www.theproducersperspective.com This episode was produced by Mary Dina. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Brightman is an actor and writer, best known for originating the role of Dewey Finn in School of Rock and the title role in Beetlejuice on Broadway, both of which earned him Tony Award nominations for Best Actor in a Musical. Other Broadway credits include Glory Days, Wicked (Boq), Big Fish, and Matilda the Musical (Michael Wormwood). Alex is also a member of the comedy group, The (M)orons, along with fellow Broadway actors/writers Andrew Kober, F. Michael Haynie, and Drew Gasparini. As a writer, Alex is currently developing two new musicals, The Whipping Boy and It's Kind of a Funny Story with his friend and writing partner, Drew Gasparini. This episode is a little different than our normal programming . . . this episode was recorded live at BroadwayCon a few weeks ago. Thanks again, Broadway Podcast Network and BroadwayCon, for having The Producer's Perspective Podcast on the stage to have this conversation. Haven't seen Beetlejuice yet? Go check it out at The Winter Garden before it closes. For tickets, click here. To keep up with Alex's antics all year long, follow him on Twitter: @ABrightMonster This week’s #SongwriterOfTheWeek is Sam Salmond! If you enjoyed the outro song in this episode, go on over to www.samsalmond.com or check him out on Instagram @samsalmond. Enjoy and thank you for coming back to our new season! Keep up with me @KenDavenportBway on Instagram. Check out my blog for daily content: www.theproducersperspective.com This episode was produced by Mary Dina.

This week The Two Rs (a nickname vocalized in this ep for the very first time) are back and kicking off the decade with a BIG OLD TRIGGER WARNING because boy oh boy are they talking about heroin and overdoses a LOT in this episode!! Something about Rebecca is that she hates heroin and Richie agrees it's bad but despite making them both watch people shoot up multiple times, this movie is actually very good and enjoyable!! How is it possible for Billy Crudup to be so fucking good looking? Is this the only time Jack Black has worked with a female director? Is this a weird precursor to Dewey Finn and also a sequel/better version of Bongwater? Are we obsessed with this movie? Who the HELL is SLOOPY?? All this and more in the first episode of 2020!! And also one of the last episodes before we get to the the real JUICE of that JB career!! This movie is not streaming anywhere except there IS a good quality "not legal" stream you can find if you do some digging. Don't do drugs!

Part2: This 2-time Tony-nominated actor made his Broadway debut in Wicked as 2008 as Boq, and since then has gone on to roles in Assassins, Matilda the Musical, Big Fish, and School of Rock where he originated the role of Dewey Finn, earning him his first Tony nomination. His TV/Film credits include Royal Pains, The Good Fight, and Documentary Now! among many others, He now holds the title role in Beetlejuice on Broadway which brought him his second Tony nomination. This interview shows a unique and different side of Alex. Known as the funny man, he has a deeply real part of himself that he taps into before every performance. Closing standards begin: 30:12 Connect with Alex online:Twitter: @ABrightMonsterConnect with The Theatre Podcast:Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/TheTheatrePodcastTwitter & Instagram: @theatre_podcastFacebook.com/OfficialTheatrePodcastTheTheatrePodcast.comAlan's personal Instagram: @alansealesJillian's personal Instagram: @jillianhochmanEmail us at feedback@thetheatrepodcast.com. We want to know what you think. Thank you to our friends Jukebox The Ghost for our intro and outro music. You can find them on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @jukeboxtheghost or via the web via jukeboxtheghost.com. A very special thanks to our patrons who help make this podcast possible! Cheryl Hodges-Selden, Paul Seales, David Seales If you would like to see your name in this show notes or get a shout out on the pod itself, visit ttp.fm/patreon to become a member and show your support!

Part1: This 2-time Tony-nominated actor made his Broadway debut in Wicked as 2008 as Boq, and since then has gone on to roles in Assassins, Matilda the Musical, Big Fish, and School of Rock where he originated the role of Dewey Finn, earning him his first Tony nomination. His TV/Film credits include Royal Pains, The Good Fight, and Documentary Now! among many others, He now holds the title role in Beetlejuice on Broadway which brought him his second Tony nomination. This interview shows a unique and different side of Alex. Known as the funny man, he has a deeply real part of himself that he taps into before every performance. Interview content begins at 2:20. Connect with Alex online:Twitter: @ABrightMonsterConnect with The Theatre Podcast:Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/TheTheatrePodcastTwitter & Instagram: @theatre_podcastFacebook.com/OfficialTheatrePodcastTheTheatrePodcast.comAlan's personal Instagram: @alansealesJillian's personal Instagram: @jillianhochmanEmail us at feedback@thetheatrepodcast.com. We want to know what you think. Thank you to our friends Jukebox The Ghost for our intro and outro music. You can find them on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @jukeboxtheghost or via the web via jukeboxtheghost.com. A very special thanks to our patrons who help make this podcast possible! Paul Seales, David Seales If you would like to see your name in this show notes or get a shout out on the pod itself, visit ttp.fm/patreon to become a member and show your support!

This week on Bathroom Break Podcast, my guest is actor Tony Cavalero. Tony has played such amazing roles as Ozzy Osbourne in the Motley Crue movie The Dirt. He has also starred as Dewey Finn in the television series School of Rock. Tony is currently starring on the new HBO series from Danny McBride & Jody Hill titled The Righteous Gemstones. We sat down for a chat about The Groundlings, recovery, philanthropy and he also inspired me to try the ice bath plunge. Hope you enjoy! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bathroombreakpodcast/support

School of Rock the musical is currently in the middle of a huge Australian and international tour. It made its Australian premier in Melbourne, toured China and is currently playing in Brisbane, with Auckland and Sydney next. I sat down with the two stars, Brent Hill (Dewey Finn) and Amy Lehpamer (Principal Rosalie Mullins) during a brief media stopover in Sydney. This is a great interview. It was recorded just before the Helpmann Awards. Brent was nominated for ‘Best Male Actor in a Musical’, for playing Dewey Finn, in which he would be awarded his first Helpmann award. Amy won her first helpmann award last year and we discuss all this, touring life, the kids in the musical playing their own instruments onstage and so much more! My guests: Brent Hill (Little Shop of Horrors, Vivid White, Rock of Ages) and Amy Lehpamer (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Sound of Music, Rock of Ages).

Seguramente en alguna de tus clases has realizado proyectos. Unos aburridos, y que no te gustan, y otros tan geniales como una banda -si tu profesor es Jack Black-. En este episodio Evelym y Carlos hablan sobre el Aprendizaje Basado en Proyectos, y cómo estos pueden ser beneficiosos para aprender de manera cooperativa, generando autoestima, motivación y pensamiento crítico. Esto mismo ocurre con la clase de Dewey Finn, quien, a pesar de no saber mucho sobre educación, lleva a cabo un proyecto musical para que sus estudiantes compitan en una batalla de bandas. Todo esto hace que los niños se interesen por aprender, se motiven, se ayuden y hasta trabajen autónomamente. No olviden seguirnos en nuestras redes sociales, en donde estamos como @ManosAlTablero para seguirnos un poco más de cerca.

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An unemployed and disheveled musician, Dewey Finn, impersonates a teacher in order to gain access to children he can exploit for his own selfish gain. After derailing the education of promising young students he is discovered, and after fleeing from police abducts the entire class. It falls to overworked and overstressed principal Ms. Mullins to calm concerned parents and track down the kidnapped children.  Edited by Andrew Ivimey and produced for the From Superheroes network. Visit www.FromSuperheroes.com for more podcasts, YouTube series, web comics, and more.

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).School of Rock The Musical Based on the iconic, hit movie, this irresistible new musical follows Dewey Finn, a failed, wannabe rock star who decides to earn an extra bit of cash by posing as a supply teacher at a prestigious prep school. There he turns a class of straight –A pupils into a guitar-shredding, bass-slapping mind-blowing rock band. But can he get them to the Battle of the Bands without their parents and the school’s headmistress finding out?For more information visit  https://au.schoolofrockthemusical.com/Theatre First RSS feed:   https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ivetheatrereviews Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all good podcatcher apps, including Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes), Stitcher, Pocket Casts, CastBox.FM, Podbean, ACast etc.If you're enjoying Theatre First podcast, please share and tell your friends. Your support would be appreciated...thank you.#theatre #stage #reviews #melbourne #australia #schoolofrock Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Bob Hoffman, Public Relations Manager at Wharton Center introduces us to "School of Rock" - The Musical, a hilarious new musical that follows Dewey Finn played by Rob Colletti, a failed wannabe rock star who decides to earn a few extra bucks by posing as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school.

You've seen Tony Cavalero on Nickelodeon as Dewey Finn on School of Rock, and you've seen him on Modern Family and Hart of Dixey. You can catch him in The Righteous Gemstones with John Goodman, Danny McBride and Adam Devine on HBO in the near future. Tony's a good friend of Corey's from The Groundlings, and we manage to corner him for an intimate interview where we discuss his audition with SNL, how he was scolded by Debbie Reynolds and a whole lot more! Check it out! *Music provided by bensound.com Tony's Groundlings Page #Nickelodeon #DeweyFinn #SchoolOfRock #ModernFamily #HartOfDixey #TheRighteousGemstones #JohnGoodman #DannyMcBride #AdamDevine #HBO #TonyCavalero #AnthonyCavalero #TheGroundlings

If you have any doubt about how important Jack Black was to the success of School of Rock, just try to imagine literally any other comic actor in his age range playing the part. The role of Dewey Finn, a dangerously unqualified supply teacher who nevertheless uses his musical talent and boundless enthusiasm to inspire a class of pre-teens is probably the purest expression of Black's talents ever seen on the big screen. It's also a movie that's aged phenomenally well - give or take a dodgy reference or two. So despite John's general antipathy towards rock 'n' roll purists, it was a surprising delight to revisit. In this episode, we talk questionable nicknames, daytime rock concerts and the instant screen legend that is Billy the costume designer, before pitching some ideas for a long overdue class reunion...  ----- beyondtheboxset.com patreon.com/beyondtheboxset twitter.com/beyondtheboxset facebook.com/beyondtheboxset instagram.com/beyondtheboxset 00.00: It's not tacky, and we don't hate it 25.30: School of Rock Drinking Games  32.30: The Culinary School of Rock 46.00: School of Rock 2: Growing Up 56.20: Listener Submissions & Episode 68 Preview

It's Thursday, and that means Midday's intrepid theater reviewer, J. Wynn Rousuck, is here with another of her weekly reviews of the region's thespian offerings. This week, Judy braved the elements to attend the opening of the new touring production of School of Rock, the Andrew Lloyd Weber musical that's now raising the rafters at Baltimore's Hippodrome Theater.Based on the hit 2003 film, the musical follows Dewy Finn, a down-on-his-luck wannabe rock star who poses as a substitute music teacher at a prestigious prep school to make ends meet. When he discovers that his fifth-graders harbor some extraordinary musical talents, he encourages them to form a rock group and take a shot at winning the Battle of the Bands competition.Andrew Lloyd Weber, who has done more than his share to bring rock and romance to Broadway, has composed 14 new songs for School of Rock, and kept all the original songs from the movie. Directed by Laurance Connor, and choreographed by JoAnn M. Hunter, the talented cast includes Bob Coletti as Dewey Finn, Lexie Dorsett Sharp as Rosalie, and a band of young actor/musicians who help deliver the musical's youthful spirit and high-octane score. Music supervision credits go to Ethan Popp.School of Rock continues at the Hippodrome until Sunday, March 25.

Charlotte's Film Club this week is all about American actor, comedian and musician Jack Black, starting off today with "School of Rock" from 2003.Black stars as Dewey Finn, an enthusiastic guitarist desperate for work after being ejected from his bar-band. Posing as a substitute music teacher at an elite private elementary school, he exposes his students to the hard rock gods he idolizes. As he gets his privileged and precocious charges in touch with their inner rock 'n' roll animals, he imagines redemption at a local Battle of the Bands.Richard Linklater directs. 

Tony Cavalero stars as ‘Dewey Finn’ in Nickelodeon’s Emmy-nominated “School of Rock”. Credits include recurring roles in the CW’s “Hart of Dixie” and the Warner-Bros produced web series “Aim High” as well as appearances on ABC’s “Modern Family”, CBS’ “Two Broke Girls” and many more. Tony is also a member of ‘The Groundlings Improve Theatre & School’. He will next star in “An American in Texas”, which he also produced. The film is set to  premiere at the Austin Film Festival.

In this episode we evaluate Jack Black’s character Dewey Finn (aka Ned Schneebly) the movie School of Rock (2003) . In the film, Dewey Finn (Jack Black) poses as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school. He decides to toss aside conventional curriculum and teach the kids how to be a rock band. Things get tricky […] The post School of Rock | Teacher Features: Episode 3 appeared first on NoisePicnic Podcast Network.

Who knew that Dewey Finn from School of Rock used to be in a band with Dr. Stanley Goodspeed the best biochemist the FBI has ever seen? We did, the second we watched these movies. Find out how we knew this and other ways The Rock and School of Rock are weirdly intertwined while sharing the same plot line!