None of The Above
Being a college freshman, one would think I would like nothing better than to forget about the dreaded SAT’s. This charming story resulting in the pairing of a young girl and her SAT tutor, is a far cry from ridiculous films, such as The Perfect Score, that have used the test as a theme. It fuses the elements of comedy, drama, and teenage angst into a perfect storm, resulting in a play that will appeal to a wide range of viewers (especially the large teenage audience). The concept is modern, and Broadway has been crying out for one of its kind. You become swept into the seemingly futile situation of the tutor, Clark. Contracted to get Jamie a perfect score on the SATs so that her father, whom he is indebted to, will cancel his debt and pay his graduate school costs, you truly sympathize with the character. The happy ending seems all but impossible when Jamie receives a 2390 on the exam. Clark seems as if he will remain in debt and Jamie will have to live without the man she has grown to love. You experience relief, along with the rest of the audience, as Jamie finds the loophole in the contract that gives life back to Clark. The contract having been written when the old SAT was instated abided by those standards. That being said, under those policies, a 2390 was considered a perfect score. Perfection, we see, is not a matter of a number, or other objective criteria. It is what we interpret, what we see. Any situation can be deemed “perfect,” if we are willing to let it be.
December 19th, 2007 at 8:52 pm
What made you think of this?? I don’t view anything as perfect. People always say that things are perfect or this is the “perfect moment” but everything is what you make of it. If you want something to be perfect, in your mind it is perfect…i guess? i think i confused myself. They should make a movie out of the situation you provided. LOL. The Perfect Score was a horrible movie!