Category: Teachers

Cherub

Hack thought he could make a fast buck by ripping off the 1983 exploitation flick Angel about a high school honor student who makes her way at night as a street walker. He thought no one would notice if he did a gender switch on the lead character and made him 45 years older than the girl in the movie. No one did notice the connection because almost no one bought the book.

Room 221

Room 222 was a comedy/drama created by James L. Brooks that took on timely subjects of its day and featured a multiracial cast that was unusual for its era. It struggled with less than stellar ratings during its five year run but it won several Emmy awards and was highly respected by its niche audience.

But who am I kidding? Hack wrote the thing because he had a crush on Karen Valentine as the school’s cute student teacher Alice Johnson.