Accepting The Movie 'Easy A'

Good morning/afternoon committee members of the board, I am here today to convince you of why you should accept the movie, ‘Easy A’, in the next teen film festival.
Written by Bert V. Royal and directed by Will Gluck. Easy A, follows the movie’s protagonist, Olive Penderghast played by Emma Stone, a quirky and assertive outsider, on her journey of self-discovery in this modern adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s, ‘The scarlet Letter’. Easy A, stars celebrities like Amanda Byrnes, Aly Michalka and Dan Byrd, all of which have starred in several other teen movies aimed to appeal to the teenage demographic of the 21st century. Whilst being easily relatable to today’s teens due to its funny and quirky retelling of Olive’s experiences with the
Throughout ‘Easy A’, Olive is continuously slut-shamed by society or more specifically the female majority of the school populace. Olive the whore, Olive the prostitute, Olive the skank. In comparison her ‘customers’ were treated like kings, as they ascended the social ladder. These sexist views are highlighted when Olive helps her first ‘client’ Brandon. Once the deed is finished and Brandon walks out with his trophy and is congratulated by a hoard of teenage boys, seen through the use of full camera shot. This highlights the amount of support and vast numbers of people in which are there to congratulate him on becoming a ‘man’, and then the camera zooms into a close-up of Brandon’s face to see the sheer joy of finally being accepted. Whereas when Olive finally walks out she is greeted by the judgemental stares of self-righteous teenage girls and sexually harassed by other guys seen through the use of the same full shot, however in her close-up showing the clear shame and sadness on her
After Olive’s initial lie and as the movie progresses and more and more lies are introduced, she is branded a slut and is treated as an outcast. The school ostracizes her and begins to reject her. This can be clearly seen in a long shot of the school cafeteria as she sits by herself at an abandoned table in the middle of the cafeteria with her scarlet A embroided on her breast whilst the tables in which surround her are full of students enjoying themselves as they eat their lunch, completely ignoring her. The camera angle is also downturned, giving the audience a feeling of her inferiority and punishment.

To conclude, you, the esteemed members of the board, should be include the teen comedy, ‘Easy A’ in this upcoming film festival because it elegantly explores serious teen-issues in a simple yet entertaining context in which really captures the attention of all teenagers today.
“The really amazing thing is, it is nobody’s god damn business” – Olive