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John Ransom asked...



 Are there any
> movies out there that take seriously what people go through in Boot
Camp?
> There are some places where conditioning of human beings is
> well-understood and pursued with enthusiasm. 

Perhaps "Starship Troopers"? Certainly the Heinlein book it's based on
is an enthusiastic endorsement of the benefits of bootcamp--how it
remakes the subject.

> 
> I think the earliest anti-disciplinarian movies were things like the
one
> where Haley Mills plays twins who make life miserable for their
discrete
> parents so the two can fall in love -- called "the Love Trap"? 

Actually, "The Parent Trap."

Best,

Genie Babb
Assoc. Prof. of English
University of Alaska Anchorage
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