<p>^haha so cops are ugly? ;)</p>
<p>Obviously you have never been to Florence, Italy. (jk) My son referred to the Carabineri (the national or state police, quasi military) as the “Fashion Police”. Almost every one we saw looked like he was posing for GQ (and we saw vanloads of them). Now, the Policia, those were the donut cops.</p>
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<p>No, I didn’t say that. Cops (and pretty much every other profession) are usually just not as attractive as the actors and actresses who play them on TV and in the movies.</p>
<p>See the movie for its superb acting and witty script, and don’t avoid it solely for its subject matter (I did initially, but thankfully, I’m easily swayed by good reviews). The main characters all appear simultaneously villainous and victimized, so there probably isn’t a need to be concerned that depictions of specific characters end up being uneven-handed, positively or negatively.</p>
<p>That being said, the portrayal of Harvard (particularly of the people and the environment) is pretty fictitious. The physical setting, however, was familiar enough to make me nostalgic for Cambridge, though the scenes trying to pass off JHU as Harvard made me go, “W.T.F?”</p>
<p>“the portrayal of Harvard (particularly of the people and the environment) is pretty fictitious”</p>
<p>That’s why I’m reluctant to see it, even though it sounds like an excellent movie. Seeing Harvard presented in a fictional negative way will bug me. It’s kind of like seeing unflattering fiction about my family or my church.</p>
<p>I promised i would give an update after my daughter saw the movie. Keep in mind that I have not seen it and am writing without that help.</p>
<p>In summary, her comment was that except for the exaggerated beginning and the making fun of some frat a couple of her friends are in, she felt they “did a great job”.</p>
<p>Then I asked her about the representation of Harvard girls. She believed I was referring to some scene at the beginning of the film and that “everyone knew those were not Harvard girls. Those are the Wellesley girls who arrive by bus for the weekend.” (I guess this bus also has an unflattering knickname.) But she said that in the movie the bus is a limo and she was laughing about the final club having a bouncer in a tux.</p>
<p>That was the extent of our iChat about the movie.</p>