My So-Called High School Rank

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HboMax suggested this movie. I think the description might be a bit misleading. I was expecting something totally different. This documentary feels more like a mockumentary. I laughed so hard at the interviews and the musical portion was pretty hilarious. This can't be real. They touched a little on students feeling pressure to do well and committing suicide but show writers chose not to include that in their musical. I searched reddit to see if I was the only person that had this opinion and this movie isn't on anyones radar yet. The way this documentary was filmed reminded me so much of 'Best in Show'. Was this written or directed by Christopher Guest?

2 high school drama teachers write and direct a musical for their Cupertino, CA school about the pressures of being a high school student striving to do everything to set themselves up to get into a good college. The musical is called "Ranked" and deals with how schools rank their students' achievements and create a stressful, competitional environment (yes, this is a real musical that was working its way towards off-Broadway when the pandemic hit). The doc also shows the audition and rehearsal steps for two other schools, one in central California and in West Virginia. You see the dichotomy of 3 different schools and musical/drama departments in very different class areas of the country. But then COVID hits and the film switches to being about how the theater arts seniors need to finish up high school and apply to colleges. I liked this film a lot. It reminded me of the terrific documentary, also from 2021, called Try Harder!, about high school kids competing for the best colleges, a film I absolutely loved. You can't help but wish the best for these kids and want to see where they are in a few years.

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source: My So-Called High School Rank

HboMax suggested this movie. I think the description might be a bit misleading. I was expecting something totally different. This documentary feels more like a mockumentary. I laughed so hard at the interviews and the musical portion was pretty hilarious. This can't be real. They touched a little on students feeling pressure to do well and committing suicide but show writers chose not to include that in their musical. I searched reddit to see if I was the only person that had this opinion and this movie isn't on anyones radar yet. The way this documentary was filmed reminded me so much of 'Best in Show'. Was this written or directed by Christopher Guest?

2 high school drama teachers write and direct a musical for their Cupertino, CA school about the pressures of being a high school student striving to do everything to set themselves up to get into a good college. The musical is called "Ranked" and deals with how schools rank their students' achievements and create a stressful, competitional environment (yes, this is a real musical that was working its way towards off-Broadway when the pandemic hit). The doc also shows the audition and rehearsal steps for two other schools, one in central California and in West Virginia. You see the dichotomy of 3 different schools and musical/drama departments in very different class areas of the country. But then COVID hits and the film switches to being about how the theater arts seniors need to finish up high school and apply to colleges. I liked this film a lot. It reminded me of the terrific documentary, also from 2021, called Try Harder!, about high school kids competing for the best colleges, a film I absolutely loved. You can't help but wish the best for these kids and want to see where they are in a few years.