The new book, Bad Education, focuses on the largest school district corruption case in the United States

As described by the American media, it was his "wolf claw" (referring to his classic character Wolverine) that made star Hugh Jackman famous in the world, but it was his smile that made hugh Jackman, an actor who "surrendered" to fans and critics. Jackman, who stepped down from the role of "Wolverine", recently showed in his new work "Bad Education" how he played a very complex role with a smile - Dr. Frank Tasson, superintendent of Rosslyn Middle School in Long Island, New York, USA. The film, based on the true events of "the largest school district corruption case in U.S. history", which was revealed in 2004, received unanimous praise from audiences and the media after its launch on HBO on April 25, especially the superb performances of Hugh Jackman and Alison Jenny, which were the focus of all praise. The Oscar Organizing Committee just recently announced that in response to the epidemic, the rules will no longer require movies to be released in Los Angeles theaters for more than 7 consecutive days, 3 times a day, and at least 1 must be screened in prime time to obtain eligibility, allowing films "released" on streaming media to also register for the Oscars. It can be seen that the opportunity for Hugh Jackman and Alison Jenny to "bid for the Olympic Games" is also available.

The "Perfect School Inspector" commits the most college district corruption case in the United States

The protagonist of "Bad Education" is Dr. Frank Tasson, played by Hugh Jackman, who became the superintendent of Roslin Middle School 12 years ago and dedicated himself to cultivating this obscure middle school into the No. 4 public middle school in the United States. Every year, many graduates are admitted to Harvard, Yale and other prestigious schools, and Frank has become a well-known educator.

Let's start with the concept of school districts. School districts in the United States are based on one school as a unit, bringing the vitality of the entire community and even the entire county and city. The school district director is not only the school's head like the principal, but also an important figure in the whole community, the school district is not under the local county and city management, but is at the same level as these administrative units, directly subordinate to the state government, the funds are also directly funded by the state government, of course, local residents, enterprises will also contribute a lot of donations. The school district's governing body is an education commissioner voted by local residents, and the committee members employ the district superintendent. "The better the public school, the higher the house price." This is the consensus of the Americans, so how much power the school district director has and how high the status is, everyone can have a concept, not to mention a star school district director like Frank.

The teacher, who taught English literature, was the director for 12 years, turned the school into a prestigious school, and also brought the real estate business of Long Island more and more prosperous, and the development of the school district was getting better and better, and everyone in the school district respected him. And Frank is indeed impeccable. He is an affectionate widower, with a picture of his wife, who is said to have died more than 30 years ago, and women who have admired him in school districts who take the initiative to give hugs, and he will touch the wedding ring in his hand and politely refuse on the grounds that "my feelings for my deceased wife have never faded". He remembers the names of everyone at the school, including the students, even those who have graduated for many years. He remembered everyone's hobbies, their families. He arranged a weekly evening with the housewives of the community to hold a book club to spread the charm of literature. He is also very good at educating students, and can teach students knowledge and the principles of life in conversation and laughter. He himself is very disciplined, keeps exercising all year round, and eats only healthy and low-calorie foods to maintain a dashing and energetic appearance.

A student reporter named Rachel was arranged by the senior to write about a major construction project in the school district. Rachel went to Panmila Graken, the deputy director played by Alison Jenny, to learn about engineering. When Panmila happens to be absent, a kind Frank offers to greet Rachel and help her. When Rachel says that she is a rookie in the school newspaper, and the senior only asks her to write about how beautiful this kind of school construction is, Frank encourages her to "whether it is a praise or not, it is all up to you." A true journalist can write any subject into an important story."

Rachel, who was so inspired, actually wrote about the subject matter as an important story about how the school district director was corrupt. The school newspaper report sparked a series of follow-up reports in the American media, exposing frank and Panmela, the district director and deputy director, who had been embezzling school district funds for many years. The $11 million embezzlement case is still the largest school district corruption case in U.S. history.

Hugh Jackman plays "Souls That Can't Calm Down"

No matter how familiar the audience is with Hugh Jackman, they will be shocked by his role as Frank this time. Because Jackman used a very layered performance, peeling off this perfect role layer by layer, and finally directly presenting his soul that could not be calmed.

Jackman used his "weapon"—a smile—to encapsulate the perfect schoolmaster. No one would dislike this powerful and charismatic figure, a brilliant educator who captivated not only the residents of the Long Island School District, but also the audience. And Jackman is not using the two processes of "Beautiful Masked Man" and "Dark Embezzler" to interpret this character, but using a variety of subtle expressions and seemingly casual unimportant lines to show the character's daily repression of himself, the emptiness of introspection and the eternal restless soul. From his forcing himself to drink a nasty carbon health drink, testing his inability to remember the names and interests of everyone at school at night, to his face-changing performance in the face of the "fatal questions" posed by curious subordinates, all of them are very meticulous. Even, he performs the complexity of people, his passion and ability to educate students is real, his love for school is real. Even if he was corrupt, Jackman showed how Frank started with a $20 bill with his school card at just one meal and ended up embezzling millions of dollars.

Through this role, the audience can see the hard work of an ordinary person, the yearning of an ordinary person for love, and how an ordinary person is devoured by greed and finally makes a big mistake. No wonder many well-known American media are praising Hugh Jackman's performance this time.

Also praised is Alison Jenny's Role in Panmila. If Frank's character's ability is to make everyone fall in love with him, then Panmila's ability is to make all the people who get along with her have a relaxed life, because she can see everything, which is called high emotional intelligence and soft stature. Of course, this is also a character who has been imprisoned for corruption, but through Jenny's performance, the audience can also see Panmila's side as an ordinary person. This kind of work with negative characters as the theme, the high-level place is not to portray it as a "natural evil person", but to let the audience learn from them, so that the audience can see that if one is not attentive, it may also become them.

The film was directed by Corey Finlay, a novice director who had only one film before, "Good Breed Animals," and "Bad Education" was his second work. His approach is so calm that he doesn't look like a rookie director at all. The film's screenwriter, Mike Makowski, was born in 1991. In 2004, he happened to be a student at Rosslyn Middle School, and remembers frank's teaching, "He was an idol worshipped by our students, and he was also a brilliant educator, so you can imagine how much it affected the psychology of those of us who were students at the time after the outbreak." That is to say, Frank was "pulled off the horse" by student journalists, and now he has cultivated outstanding students who bring his story to the screen. (Reporter Ma Zewang)

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