Movie Stars

They are filming a movie in our town. It has consumed our little town for the past couple of weeks, and everything is just abuzz with camera crews and trailers. The plot of the movie is apparently centered around a high school, and has to do with an unplanned teenage pregnancy.

L’s friend in town said they wanted to use his house for shooting a scene.

They plan to film a school dance in the gym, and a football game in the stadium. I thought it might be fun for the kids to be extras.

Apparently, however, they are also filming in the school during the day (my tax dollars at work). The kids have both come home ranting day after day about how mean the movie people are. They said that they tell people to shut up, they make people (including teachers) take off their shoes in the hall if they are noisy, they have blocked off areas of the school so the kids complain about being late to class and for the bus. They are so angry about the whole movie thing that they don’t want anything to do with it. Apparently, there are prize incentives to show up and be an extra in the football game crowd, but they can’t even be swayed by the chance to win a flat screen TV.

It will be interesting to see how this all pans out. The kids tell me that everyone is angry, from the administration to the teachers to the students. Who signed that contract?