fandomhigh | It's Actually Not That Complicated; Tuesday, Second Period [11/29].

"At this point," said Rosa, at the start of class, without any preamble or introduction or acknowledgement of the lack of class last week, "we've made it through the notable highlights of Nancy Meyers' film career. We skipped over a few of the less substantial ones of her earlier years, and the one watched last was actually the last major work she's put out. There was a 2017 Reese Witherspoon vehicle that she had a hand in producing, but since she neither directed or wrote it, we're not going to bother discussing it, and there was a ~~meta for~~ Father of the Bride short film released in 2020 that's also really not worth diving too deeply into.

"Which then leaves us at a point where we've got a good overview of her work in general and as a whole. So no movie today, just some application of what we've learned so far. I'll let you guys decide how you want to do this: we can either have a discussion about things like themes, ideas, concepts, what you felt worked in the movie and what you felt didn't, or you can write an essay about which of the films we've reviewed is your favorite and why."

Like a nerd.

"So. What do you guys think?"

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Like this is totally not a throw-away class, how dare.

Well, it's not much of a lecture, but if you guys really wanted one...you could probably get one by asking a question and getting Rosa to go off on some rant about some minor plot detail in literally any of these movies.

Instead of writing things down, you could just talk about them, like a cool person. Offer up some insightful observations, ideas, or questions to make it look like you've actually learned something, so that Rosa doesn't have to throw actual work at your to make it look like you're actually learning something.

Or you can be a weird nerd and write an essay instead.

An essay where there's a 50/50 chance that Rosa won't even bother reading it.

...actually, it's more like an 80% chance she won't.