Let’s talk about the movie "Bad Education" today.
The title of the film is Bad Education (2019), also known as Saint·Education·Desire (Hong Kong) / Bad Education.
This film is based on the "Roslin Public School Corruption Case", a real scandal in the American education industry.
The story was sold to HBO for $20 million, and HBO photographed the case that shocked the United States.
Frank Tarson and Pamela Grugin in the film.
Roslin Middle and High School Governor Frank Tassone (Frank Tassone), a famous high school on Long Island, is a star in the local area. Through 12 years of hard work, he has built Roslin High School into the fourth and top middle school in the United States.
The school’s excellent reputation has driven the surrounding housing prices to rise, and the corresponding supporting facilities and community development are also steadily improving. Students, teachers, parents, real estate developers and other parties have all benefited, and everything seems to be in a virtuous circle.
In 2004, two students from Roslyn High School published an indictment in their school journal pointing at the school management, stating that the school management had fraudulently embezzled public funds for many years. The largest campus corruption case in the history of the United States, which lasted more than a decade and involved tens of millions of dollars, has surfaced.
Suddenly caused an uproar and shocked the entire United States. Famous media such as the "New York Times" followed up with the report, and the situation intensified.
Following the investigation, it was discovered that Frank Tarson’s polite appearance was a disguise carefully designed by him, and secretly he had embezzled countless money from taxpayers.
Frank Tarson's method of embezzling public funds is not clever, but if you pay attention, you can find that the school is unbalanced. So Frank Tarson worked with the head of finance Pamela Grugin to make false accounts. The original official crime of embezzling public funds has evolved into a nest case.
After decades of embezzling public funds, Frank Tarson stole millions of dollars from the school, all of which was used for his personal squandering, most of which were difficult to recover. In addition to the greed of Frank Tarson and others, the school board and auditors also bear unshirkable responsibilities. The board of directors is in vain. The "threefold and one big" only considers personal interests. Ethics is not good either.
Without supervision, Frank Tarson and others began embezzling public funds for decades.
Frank Tarson spends public funds for cosmetic surgery.
I think such cases of embezzlement of public funds can shock the entire United States. The reasons are nothing more than the long time, the large amount, the huge contrast between others, and the extremely inferior methods.
The long time, the large amount, and the contrast in the image are easy to understand. Let's talk about their inferior methods.
In order to steal money from taxpayers, corrupt elements have long developed various legal and compliance methods. For example, buying high and selling low, antiques and cultural relics, art collections, and falsification of authenticity. There are many ways to transfer wealth into one's name. Either way is safer and more compliant than fraudulent accounts. Even if it is discovered, no one will question it.
Frank Tarson and others chose the lowest stealing method. I didn't even bother to set up a leather bag company and then log out, so I swiped my school credit card for personal luxury consumption. This kind of fool is so good at grabbing evidence, and it's no wonder that high school students can find out the problem by just looking at the books.
The "Roslyn Public School Corruption Case" itself does not have many difficult points. The facts of the case are clear and the evidence is indeed sufficient. Even the investigation and evidence collection process for high school students is almost straightforward.
The elements of the real case are not brilliant, basically relying on the personal charm of Uncle Wolf to support the entire film. After all, the figure of Uncle Wolf is here, and it should be an honor to be played by Uncle Wolf.
The following are some facts about the case:
Frank Tassson's deity.
1. Because of system loopholes, Frank Tasson continues to receive up to $173,495.04 in state pensions every year, and this money is still paid by taxpayers.
The true deity of Pamela Grugin.
2. In fact, all employees involved in corruption of public funds have pensions, including Pamela Gluckin, who receives US$54,998 per year. Pamela Grugin donated half of her pension to the Roslin School District in an effort to repay what she stole.
3. The film described Frank Tarson having an affair with a former student in Las Vegas. The real Tarson said that this distorted the facts. In real life, Frank Tasson has an open marriage, and he did not hide it from his husband. Tasson said that the film showed him having an extramarital affair with a former student, which made him "very troubled", but this never happened. Frank Tarson also disputed the film, implying that his husband did not know that he had married a woman before.
4. The real Frank Tasson said that Hugh Jackman's portrayal of him was "very good", but he also said that only 40% to 50% of the movie was right. Although Frank Tasson is gay in real life, he said that the biggest mistake is about his sexual orientation and personal life. An example of this type of mistake is his husband knows his ex-wife, and Tasson feels that the movie is trying to imply that his “marriage with his wife is not happy”.
Say a few tidbits of this movie:
1. The film is adapted from the "New York Magazine" article "Bad Education". One of the screenwriters, Mike Makowsky, was born in 1991. During the filming, he was a middle school student in the Roslin School District.
2. The mother of screenwriter Mike Makowsky appears in the book club scene next to Hugh Jackman.
3. A letter to parents pointed out that the Roslin School District has nothing to do with the film, and the Roslin School will not be used as the setting for the film.
4. Hugh Jackman shaved his head for another character before shooting. His hair hadn't been able to grow out when the film was filmed, so in this film he was wearing a wig to complete the filming.
5. Seven actors of "The Irishman" (2019) appeared in the film.
6. This piano piece called "Hanging Around" was composed and performed by John Lawrence Sigg.
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