{"id":12587,"date":"2017-04-05T15:14:32","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T20:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=12587"},"modified":"2017-04-05T15:14:32","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T20:14:32","slug":"the-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=12587","title":{"rendered":"The Student"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve got to tell you, there\u2019s another movie I\u2019m going to have to be on the lookout for and perhaps you will be too. \u201cThe Student\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"\"After Venya\u2019s mother receives a call from school reporting her son\u2019s refusal to participate in mixed swimming lessons, she first suspects her teenager of being shy and derides his claim that it is \u201cagainst his religion.\u201d As Venya is finally exempted by the school\u2019s devout principal, he grows confident that his strict and rigorous study of the Bible gives him the ability to manipulate all forms of authority.<\/p>\n

Challenged by a teacher who refuses to consent to his dogma, he sets out to eliminate her and subdue an entire community. At a time when arguments over the teaching of religion in public schools are prominent in the media, this wildly escalating classroom drama \u2014 based on a play by German playwright Marius von Mayenburg \u2014 serves as a frightening cautionary tale.<\/em><\/p>\n