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Joel has been in and out of jail since he was 11. He writes a one act play and watches it performed for inmates and counselors, revealing a more thoughtful self to his audience. Will he choose the path of the more thoughtful writer in himself, or follow the course of the thug he glorifies? It?s his last chance because if he gets caught again, they?ll send him to California's toughest juvenile jail.
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Posted on October 01, 2003 at 02:23 PM | Permalink
Review of Wisdom vs. Test
This is a decent portrait of a hard-against-it juvenile in a special program, struggling with two distinct strains in his personality, the poet and the hooligan. We’re brought close enough to hope he makes it for his sake, though we’re not given enough background on his wrong-doings to hope he makes it for society’s. sl