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![]() ![]() ![]() One can walk away from the movie with the impression that the administrators and faculty at Monsters University would happily join in the amicus brief filed in the affirmative action case by a group of private university administrators who said “a diverse student body adds significantly to the rigor and depth of students’ educational experience. The movie is about the challenge of limited talent and the realization that hard work can only take one so far – and sometimes not even as far as people who are just “born with it.” But it's also about what students in the social and intellectual crucible of college can learn from each other and how those interactions shape worldviews and change lives. Which makes it fitting that the film is released today in the shadow of a potential landmark Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action expected to come next week. And since it’s made by Pixar, you expect them to get the small things right.įrom the campus’s Gothic architecture, glee clubs and Greek status hierarchies to the high-stakes finals, hypocritical instructors and the misplaced hope that randomly assigned freshman roommates will prove lifelong friends, there’s a lot in the film that you may well recognize.Īnd the film even makes some surprisingly astute observations about college, including the fact that the most important learning may take place outside the classroom and that peers are more often influential than professors.īut more than a comment on college, Monsters University is a film about diversity, the innate differences between individuals, and the institutions and situations that help foster connections and understanding between those individuals. If you’ve seen the mock college website for "Monsters University," which opens today, or viewed any of the mock promotional videos, you probably have high expectations for the film’s portrayal of a modern college. ![]()
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