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Teachers 2 Hollywood: We Know How 2 Fix Ur Failing Films | EduShyster

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Teachers 2 Hollywood: We Know How 2 Fix Ur Failing Films



When a teacher came across arecent interview on MSNBC with Hollywood director M. Night Shyamalan about his new bookI Got Schooled: 5 Keys to Unlocking Quality Education, he was struck by a thunderbolt of an idea. If Shyamalan, whose last film was a box office bomb, could offer insights about improving education, maybe he, a mere teacher, could finally solve one of the great mysteries of our time: why are so many Hollywood films so bad? What’s more, why should his lack of any direct knowledge about film making or Hollywood get in the way of offering a quick fix? And so #HowToFixFilm was born: five keys that can finally make bad movies better.
A handful of keys
But what are these five keys that could save you upwards of $15 at the box office? David Coffey says that retaining the best directors will be key to turning around an industry that in the last year alone has turned out such duds as The Lone RangerJack the Giant