Is Notes on a Scandal LGBT?
Searching for a killer film, I quickly scan the reviews of Notes On A Scandal and see phrases like “nasty” and “trash.” My interest is immediately aroused. So I go. But it doesn’t take long to figure out that it’s not just an exciting soap opera-ish thriller —which it is — but also a deeply homophobic lesbian movie.
What is the movie Notes on a Scandal about?
Barbara Covett (Judi Dench), a veteran teacher at St. George’s, senses a kindred spirit in Sheba Hart (Cate Blanchett), the school’s new art teacher. The younger woman’s charisma intensely draws in the older, and the two become friends. Then Barbara learns of Sheba’s affair with a teenage student and becomes the keeper of the explosive secret.Notes on a Scandal / Film synopsis
Is Notes on a Scandal a true story?
Heller stated to The Observer in 2003 that the real life controversy of American middle-school teacher Mary Kay LeTourneau’s affair with a student was the inspiration for the novel.
Who plays the boy in Notes on a Scandal?
teenager Andrew Simpson
Donegal teenager Andrew Simpson plays the 15-year-old lover of Cate Blanchett’s hippy-dippy art teacher in Notes on a Scandal, co-starring with Dame Judi Dench.
Why is Notes on a Scandal rated R?
MPAA explanation: language and some aberrant sexual content.
How old is Sheba in Notes on a Scandal?
As its title and first pages suggest, its surface plot concerns a tabloid-pleasing sizzler of a scandal. Sheba Hart, a 41-year-old pottery teacher, arrives at a dreggy north London comp trailing the kind of tarnished glamour that sets the school’s sex-starved males mildly abuzz.
What was she thinking by Zoë Heller?
What Was She Thinking? is a story of repression and passion, envy and complacence, friendship and loneliness. A complex psychological portrait framed as a wicked satire, it is by turns funny, poignant, and sinister. With it, Zoë Heller surpasses the promise of her critically acclaimed first novel, Everything You Know.
Where was Notes on a Scandal filmed?
northwest London
The film was mainly shot on location in the Parliament Hill, Gospel Oak and Camden Town areas of northwest London. The Arts and Media School, Islington was used a film location for many of the school scenes.
Did Notes on a Scandal win any awards?
British Independent Film Award for Best Actress
British Independent Film Award for Best ScreenplayTeddy Ballot Volkswagen Audience Award
Notes on a Scandal/Awards
Why is the piano teacher rated R?
Parents need to know that The Piano is a complex adult drama with sexual relationships driving its plot. George is shown fully nude from the front in the beginning of a sex scene between him and Ada.
What genre is Notes on a Scandal?
Novel
HumorPsychological Fiction
Notes on a Scandal/Genres
Who wrote Notes on a Scandal?
Zoë HellerNotes on a Scandal / Author
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