"That was the end!" was the phrase I yelled when the credits started to roll. It definitely was not the response that I usually express at the end of movies. I typically express a feeling of fondness or aversion. Instead, I found myself less concerned with how much I liked the movie and more concerned with sympathizing with the professor and trying to understand the complexity of his position.
One thing I noticed that David Mamet did with the film is that he made the two main characters in this film switch positions almost entirely from the beginning to the end. At the beginning of the movie, Carol says, "I don't understand," many times while the professor attempts to teach her something. By the end of the movie, the professor confesses that he too can learn and at one point even exclaims, "I don't understand!" The professor begins as a person in power and authority over Carol and her future (she argues that professors that give poor grades to students are often the reason......

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Title: Review Of Oleanna
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