Grade expectations

I recently saw the new Tina Fey movie, Admissions, and in my opinion it did not make the grade.
She is a gifted comedian but the movie itself wasn't that funny. I was expecting a laugh riot full of the crazy things people do to get their kids into THE right college, in this case Princeton. Having been a school principal I had similar experiences albeit on a grade school level. There was the,  all our kids had Mrs. _______ , logic,  the anything the school needs promise and the best the annual cannoli bribe, all in an attempt to make sure Johnny or Susie or in the case of East Greenwich,  Chase or Skyler got just the right teacher.  There was some of this jockeying but not enough. One very funny scene was of chart paper where the admission officers would list the death treats and hopes that they would get cancer and die! Nothing like that ever happened at my school, but there were law suits threatened.

All and all a pleasant way to spend 2 hours but I'm sure this film will be on Netflix in short order.

Yesterday we went to the Whitney Museum for some pop-culture. In the hall was a woman taking a survey. With time on our hands we sat down to chat with her. Having seen a post card sized ad for Admissions on the table I thought it was a survey about the film. As we talked I asked about the card  and the woman delivered a line from the movie. I really didn't recognize the line ot her for that matter but J did. Yes it was the mother of the adopted brain-iac in the movie. We talked about the movie and learned about her life as an extra.

Only in New York!