But the audience is never truly shown this at all in the movie. The fact that he is an American in the movie helps to emphasize his outsider identity. Roland is the outsider in the book, a lower-class Brit, but he is also someone who harbors poetic aspirations and more passion for his chosen subject (Ash) than any of his colleagues. Actually, I think that the choice of bringing an American into the academic mix not only changes this from something more suited to "Masterpiece Theatre" TV to something worthy of the big screen. Much has been said about making the character of Roland an American. The point I am making is that the other characters seem to emphasize Roland's brashness so much that Roland doesn't even have a chance to show what he's truly made of, why he's there working with Professor Blackadder, over any dozens of other graduate students (British or not) who could have had his place. Most of the actual British people I've met actually like Americans, and although they make the occasional joke about them, they don't carry on like the academicians in the movie. However, the British characters make so much comment about the fact that he's an American, that it borders on the ridiculous. First of all, Neil LaBute captured the snobbery of the whole academic scene very well, albeit very briefly. I went to watch the movie with a little trepidation.after all, I've had images of these characters in my head for years.but I also went with much excitement, as I have been waiting for this movie to come for some time now.
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