Films about outsiders aren't really that rare. We love to
watch them because we like to see stories that we don't always hear about and
make us see a completely different life that we never thought we'd see. I was
out almost every day for My Own Private Idaho, and I can't make enough of an
educated guess to write about it so I'll focus on Flirting.
Flirting had two outsiders. The first one that we meet is
Danny. He's an outsider because his personality differs from that of the other
students at his school. He's kinda weird and stuff y'know. He has one good
friend and he didn't like rugby, right? That's kind of why he didn't fit in a
lot. Private schools are tough to make friends in because most of the people
have one set personality and whoever isn't like that will just kind of hang
around with others. We followed him around. We were where Danny was and we
experienced what he experienced. That way, we kind of mentally isolated him
more. We were only primarily seeing his side (with the exception of some scenes
where we saw Thandiwe on the other side of the lake, but she's the outsider in
her school so it's kind of the same thing) and his interactions with others,
rather than seeing people interact with each other more. We experienced his
life.
And also Thandiwe's life to a lesser extent. Who was more of
an outsider due to her race. The interaction between both outsiders and the way
both of them learned about each other makes them be isolated together in a way.
And this is because we followed Danny for most of the film. Following Danny led
to following Thandiwe and the bond that they created.
I'm gonna miss you Mr. Boswell. I'm glad I switched out of
physics and joined your class. It's been a wonderful two years.
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