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Election: A Democratic Irony Normally in viewing the horrific movies from the “teen” genre I cringe, but Election actually struck a chord with me. I’ll admit to the fact that the directions this movie takes are quite extreme as compared to real life but it only makes me wonder further if it’s more correct than I would like to believe. Even though the characters of the movie Election are portrayed at their most extreme level it’s true to life. How many of us really know each other? How do we really know our best friend’s sister isn’t a lesbian? How do we know what’s really going on in the typical over-achiever’s head? Do we really want to know? And why do we always think of ourselves as normal? So is it true that teen movies really represent us correctly? We’re really not normal, we’re teens, that in itself is bad enough. What’s worse is high school brings out what can be considered the best in us, or the worst. Which reminds me of a bumper sticker I once saw “Teens: Not a force to be reckoned with.” In the movie there are many average teen themes, dating, relationships, and winning; but there is also one not so normal theme, “The weak are always trying to overcome the strong.” Reese Witherspoo