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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I started watching it online last night.  I only got 15 minutes into it and then I went to bed.  I'll watch the rest tonight.  I wish they explained a few things that a PP explained.  It makes sense that their parents are well educated.  [b]I thought it would be about 2 black boys from the poorer section of NYC get into a top school.  [/b]They didn't really explain about the admissions process and what other schools they looked at, etc.  I guess some of my questions might be answered but I already had tons of questions after they got into the film.[/quote]
Why did you assume they would be poor?
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Not the PP but come on now. You know that's the feel good story people want to see.

The (black) kid from a family where both parents are Ivy league (dad=Harvard and Stanford doctor/mom=Columbia Law--&gt;a real life Huxtable family) is a NONSTORY. It's what you'd expect to happen.

But the kid with a single mother who's a crackhead? Oh now that's what makes us feel good.[/quote]

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